Parameters Quotes

82 quotes by 74 authors

Fairness is an efficiency parameter if we look at the whole global civilization. It is not an efficient way of meeting human needs if one… — Karl-Henrik Robert
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to… — Nathaniel Borenstein
What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters… — J. G. Ballard
Travel, I was coming to realize, was a metaphor not only for the countless options life offers but also for the fact that choosing one… — Rolf Potts
You have to find a way to not become bitter and live within the parameters of the situation and laugh your way through itâ€¦and you… — Yvette Nicole Brown
I seldom feel trapped by my world. Setting up rules and restrictions is part of the process. It gives your world shape. I always look… — Richard Kadrey
With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk. — John von Neumann
Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. You can go not only into the future,… — Theodore Sturgeon
I've never wanted to be a witch, but an alchemist, now that's a different matter. To invent this wizard world, I've learned a ridiculous amount… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In addition to all of the ratios and goals and parameters and bottom lines, it is fundamental that leaders endorse a concept of persons. This… — Max De Pree
Without having some kind of parameters placed on a coach, the reality is they could all have a different vision of what a kid's limit… — Brad Garrett
I have written on numerous occasions thatÂ there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While Americans prefer to… — Robert Spencer
I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters. — Andy Garcia
Analytical tools have their limitations in a turbulent world. These tools work best when parameters are known, assumptions are minimal, and the future is not… — John P. Kotter
But in reality the point of free speech is for the stuff thatâ€™s over the line, and strikingly unbalanced. If free speech is only for… — Mark Steyn
I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him… — Enrico Fermi
Prior to the advent of the civilization of the Third Estate (mercantilism, capitalism), the social ethics that was religiously sanctioned in the West consisted in… — Julius Evola
Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that donâ€™t apply to you. — Chuck Close
Have the models been successful in predicting anything? They, of course, predict substantial global warming. This is not surprising given the expressed belief of some… — David Douglas
It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with… — Al Yankovic

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