Conjecture famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.
-- Ambrose Bierce

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In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
-- Catherine the Great

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The art of discovering the causes of phenomena, or true hypothesis, is like the art of decyphering, in which an ingenious conjecture greatly shortens the road.
-- Gottfried Leibniz

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We have to learn again that science without contact with experiments is an enterprise which is likely to go completely astray into imaginary conjecture.
-- Hannes Alfven

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I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.
-- Isaac Newton

#Conjecture #Certainty
The entire annals of Observation probably do not elsewhere exhibit so extraordinary a verification of any theoretical conjecture adventured on by the human spirit!
-- John Pringle Nichol

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I think everybody handles things very differently and you can conjecture, but until you're put in that situation, you really don't know.
-- Laura Linney

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My reasons are the same as for any mathematical conjecture: (1) It is a legitimate mathematical possibility, and (2) I do not know.
-- Jack Edmonds

#Reason #Possibility #Conjecture

I'm eternally optimistic about the future. I believe that if we are committed towards it and if we continue to educate people and get the whole world community to implement green features and aspects in not just the built environment not just in their lifestyles but in their businesses in their industries then we're heading towards a green future.
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart
There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home.
Globilization in its current form cannot deliver the benefits expected of it. Civil society, particularly in developing countries, must ensure that it does.
I have a brother who has been overseas for two tours. I've been very fortunate that he has come home safely. Whether or not you support the war, always support our soldiers.
So I make no effort to hide my pain. I donâ€™t ever put it all on display like thisâ€”but for today and all the rest of the days of the trial, I must. My every flinch, every flicker of pain, will be magnified a hundred times over, then dissected by the pundits and talking heads. But Iâ€™m told itâ€™s necessary; the world needs to see me vulnerable and wounded. I cannot appear not to care or to lack remorse, but that removes a crucial component of my self- defense mechanism and leaves me bleeding for all the world to see. I suppose thatâ€™s rather the point.
You can't use your camera as a shield against human suffering.
Everybody thought of me as Arnold Horshack. I resented Horshack for so many years.
The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!