Detecting Quotes

34 quotes by 30 authors

The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error… — Henry Steele Commager
A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there — Stephen Fry
We live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net… — Diane Ackerman
The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no… — Henry Mintzberg
For a long time, weve worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. Its… — Andrew Gould
Perhaps teachers should be instructed in a program where they lie to their students on a regular basis to sharpen up their skills at detecting… — Keith Henson
However much we talk of the inexorable laws governing the life of individuals and of societies, we remain at the bottom convinced that in human… — Eric Hoffer
I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian. — Samuel Johnson
Once youâ€™re in sales, you will also learn what sells and what not. Use the sensitivity of detecting market sentiments as a platform for running… — Li Ka-shing
A good test case is a test case that has a high probability of detecting an undiscovered error, not a test case that show that… — Glenford Myers
Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow… — Wojciech Kurtyka
Just as bank tellers need a thorough knowledge of legitimate currency in order to spot counterfeit bills, so Christians need a thorough knowledge of the… — Charles R. Swindoll
The particular features of the photographic method of detecting atomic particles enabled us to establish the existence of transient forms of matter which had escaped… — Cecil Frank Powell
Detecting and culling infected birds is still the key, and for that we have to compensate the owners of chicken whose flocks are killed. And… — David Nabarro
Women's eyes are rapid in detecting a heart which is ill at ease with itself, and, knowing the value of sympathy, and finding their own… — James Anthony Froude
I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that… — Stephen Fry
Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength… — Joseph Conrad
Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade. — Alan Moore
If we stopped calling it profiling and started calling it "proactive intelligence screening" or "high alert detecting", people would be saying "Well, it's about time". — Bill Maher
They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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