Accurate Quotes

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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they are, or at… — Thomas Huxley
We have three approaches at our disposal: the observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation serves to assemble the data, reflection to synthesise them and… — John Dewey
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. — Grace Hopper
Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears. — Heraclitus
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast… — Ernest Hemingway
Saying that most of the computer was filled with personal images is simply not accurate. — James Howell
I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of… — Charles William Eliot
Pour the bulk of your time into action, not deciding. The state of indecision is a major time waster. Don't spend more than 60 seconds… — Steve Pavlina
...the statement, "The purpose of the law is to cause justice to reign," is not a rigorously accurate statement. It ought to be stated that… — Frederic Bastiat
The chemists work with inaccurate and poor measuring services, but they employ very good materials. The physicists, on the other hand, use excellent methods and… — Wolfgang Ostwald
The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate. — Anna Wintour
Scientists have shown that because positive and open mindsets produce exploration and experiential learning, they also come to produce more-accurate mental maps of the world. — Barbara Fredrickson
It did suffer and it became very weak, while the reporters from Iraqi radio and television stations were more active and had more accurate information. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate — Eric Idle
Error, never can be consistent, nor can truth fail of having support from the accurate examination of every circumstance. — James Hutton
For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call childish and of doubtful value.… — Tycho Brahe
The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate self-awareness is honest… — Unknown Author
Men are noisy, narrow-band devices, but their nervous systems have very many parallel and simultaneously active channels. Relative to men, computing machines are very fast… — J. C. R. Licklider
[About Francis Baily] The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of… — Augustus De Morgan
[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a… — Marjory Stephenson

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