Calculations Quotes

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It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and… — Honore de Balzac
Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is… — Abu Bakar Bashir
We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. — Kofi Annan
I am well aware of the disagreeable effect produced on the majority of humanity, by whatever relates, even at the slightest degree to calculations or… — Hiram Maxim
Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness… — Roger Penrose
My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country,… — Omar Bongo
The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the more… — Bernard Law Montgomery
[Newton's calculations] entered the marrow of what we know without knowing how we know it. — Hermann Bondi
It is notorious that the same discovery is frequently made simultaneously and quite independently, by different persons. Thus, to speak of only a few cases… — Francis Galton
I also ask you my friends not to condemn me entirely to the mill of mathematical calculations, and allow me time for philosophical speculations, my… — Johannes Kepler
It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic research in physics… — Barack Obama
Anyone who has had actual contact with the making of the inventions that built the radio art knows that these inventions have been the product… — Edwin Howard Armstrong
There was, I think, a feeling that the best science was that done in the simplest way. In experimental work, as in mathematics, there was… — J. A. Ratcliffe
In fact, Gentlemen, no geometry without arithmetic, no mechanics without geometry... you cannot count upon success, if your mind is not sufficiently exercised on the… — Jean-Victor Poncelet
Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millenia, and it has been another sour sort of… — Daniel Dennett
The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but… — Sun Tzu
A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is… — Carlos Castaneda
The reason for your poor projections is often right in front of you. Whether you are using statistical analysis or just an average, sometimes the… — Des MacHale
The monogram of our national initials, which is the symbol for our monetary unit, the dollar, is almost as frequently conjoined to the figures of… — Henry R. Towne
What really happens is that the gene pool becomes filled with genes that influence bodies in such a way that they behave 'as if' they… — Richard Dawkins

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