Estimate Quotes

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We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material… — John Bolton
It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity;… — Samuel Johnson
The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own… — John Playfair
Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced. — Margaret Truman Daniel
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable… — Blaise Pascal
among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals ...… — Thomas Jefferson
When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a… — Sun Tzu
These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline;… — Sun Tzu
A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five. — Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it. — Edward McKendree Bounds
I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout prayer life. That is where… — Ravi Zacharias
It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and… — Albert Einstein
Dr. Oaks made the remark that, according to the best estimate he could make, there were four hundred murders annually produced by abortion in that… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just… — James Madison
As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we cannot… — James Hutton
The theory of probabilities is basically only common sense reduced to a calculus. It makes one estimate accurately what right-minded people feel by a sort… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security — Bruce Schneier
Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops. — P.G. Wodehouse
According to the estimate of a prominent advertising firm, above 90 per cent, of the earning capacity of the prominent nostrums is represented by their… — Samuel Hopkins Adams

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