Calculations Quotes

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No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius. — Samuel Johnson
The greatest horrors in the history of mankind are not due to the ambition of the Napoleons or the vengeance of the Agamemnons, but to… — Aleister Crowley
The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when… — Edmund Burke
There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify… — David R. Brower
Now, since our condition accommodates things to itself, and transforms them according to itself, we no longer know things in their reality; for nothing comes… — Michel de Montaigne
My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies. — Jackie Mason
I consider a work of art as a product of calculations, calculations that are frequently unknown to the author himself. — Pablo Picasso
Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid. — Frederick The Great
The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions. — Georges Bernanos
The best companies are able to realize earnings in cash, not through calculations that belong in fantasyland. — David Hawkins
After all the statistics and calculations are formulated, the one element that breathes life into marketing is good design. — Steve Jobs
I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I'm trying not to pay too much attention to the rankings because calculations can distract you. — Novak Djokovic
I know I'm not some matinee idol, but I think we're sold this bill of goods by the media, which says that only the most… — John C. Reilly
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. — J.R.R. Tolkien
No matter how invasive the technologies at their disposal, marketers and pollsters never come to terms with the living process through which people choose products… — Douglas Rushkoff
The blackness he woke to on those nights was sightless and impenetrable. A blackness to hurt your ears with listening. Often he had to get… — Cormac McCarthy
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale… — Winston Churchill
Just as primitive man believed himself to stand face to face with demons and believed that could he but know their names he would become… — Karl Jaspers
Through the dry phases of calculations in her mind, she noticed that she did have time to feel something: it was the hard, exhilarating pleasure… — Ayn Rand

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