Variable Quotes

87 quotes by 78 authors

In my experience flying search-and-rescue missions, the greatest single variable contributing to successful rescues was the preparedness and expertise of the person(s) in distress. — Tom Gross
There is no doubt that we cannot do without variable quantities in the sense of the potential infinite. But from this very fact the necessity… — Georg Cantor
Desired substance, things, patterns, or sequences of experience that are in some sense "good" for the organism - items of diet, conditions of life, temperature,… — Gregory Bateson
It is not human nature which can assign the variable limits necessary to our needs. They are thus unlimited so far as they depend on… — Emile Durkheim
The technology is the independent variable, the social system the dependent variable. Social, systems are therefore determined by systems of technology; as the latter change,… — Leslie White
Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits.… — Thomas Sowell
It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying… — David Shore
"The most powerful single idea in mathematics is the notion of a variable." — Alexander Dewdney
Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. — Thomas E. Mann
The road conditions are so variable here, there is ice, snow and everything in between. But a podium finish is a definite possibility if we… — Ken Block
Life is one, said the Buddha, and the Middle Way to the end of suffering in all its forms is that which leads to the… — Christmas Humphreys
Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. It is essentially a written language, and it endeavors to exemplify in its written… — Alfred North Whitehead
Creativity is the crucial variable in the process of turning knowledge into value — John Kao
General Systems Theory, a related modern concept [to holism], says that each variable in any system interacts with the other variables so thoroughly that cause… — Marilyn Ferguson
As variable as flu is, HIV makes flu look like the Rock of Gibraltar. The virus that causes AIDS is the trickiest pathogen scientists have… — Seth Berkley
I think it was Alfred Hitchcock who said 90 percent of successful moviemaking is in the casting. The same is true in life. Who you… — Rob Lowe
What I do instead is I will cheerfully spend literally hours on identifier names: variable names, method names, and so forth, to make my code… — Joshua Bloch
But nothing in life was set in stone and nothing in life is promised us. Not happiness, not joy, not love. Everything was variable and… — Faith Hunter
The lack of resources is no longer an excuse not to act. The idea that action should only be taken after all the answers and… — Jaime Lerner
There is no such thing as a free variable. — Alan Perlis

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