Approximate Quotes

47 quotes by 43 authors

When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of… — Jack Abbott
Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Thus, the more succinctly a train of thought was expounded, and the more comprehensive the unity of its basic idea, the closer it would approximate… — Max Bill
...all models are approximations. Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful. However, the approximate nature of the model must always be borne in… — George E. P. Box
In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of… — Garrett Hardin
A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the… — Milan Kundera
If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise. — Joyce Carol Oates
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be… — John Tukey
I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs… — Richard P. Feynman
The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison,… — Mary Roach
Jesus Christ.â€ The fury on Nickâ€™s face was enough to send me reeling and he hit the table hard enough with his hand that it… — Cheyenne McCray
Truth is for the gods; from our human point of view, it is an ideal, towards which we can approximate, but which we cannot hope… — Bertrand Russell
The way love feels is always only approximate. I would like to be without shame. I would like to be shameless. I would like to… — Margaret Atwood
All men are loyal, but their objects of allegiance are at best approximate. — John Barth
No two people will ever see or feel things in the same way, Merry. The challenge is to be truthful when you write. Don't approximate.… — Kate Morton
She introduced herself to my parents with one of her mighty, bunny-crushing handshakes. (I'd never seen Claudia crush a bunny, to be fair, but that's… — Maureen Johnson
All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only approximate. — Margaret Atwood
[T]hat state, love, is so utterly alien to that other idea without which we cannot live as human beings --- the idea of justice. It… — Amitav Ghosh
The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods. Such methods are designed to help average… — Margaret Mead
An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem. — John Tukey

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