Quotes About Inexact

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

The parts of physics that are exact are the parts of physics that are exact. The parts that are inexact are vastly greater. Sensible scientists don't waste their time pushing against doors that endlessly will not give. They are opportunistic and go where they can, but there are pitfalls in that.

I am just the biologist; I don't require any of this to have a deeper meaning. I am aware that all of this speculation is incomplete, inexact, inaccurate, useless. If I don't have real answers, it is because we still don't know what questions to ask. Our instruments are useless, our methodology broken, our motivations selfish.

No historical analogies are exactly precise.

Macroeconomics, even with all of our computers and with all of our information - is not an exact science and is incapable of being an exact science.

Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is based on the idea of approximation. If a man tells you he knows a thing exactly, then you can be safe in inferring that you are speaking to an inexact man. —Bertrand Russell

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

When I was in my teens, I made an appraisal of how comfortable my life could turn out when I became the age I am now. Because of a mechanical failure, the prediction was inexact.

All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only approximate.

the way love feels is always only approximate.

I think that it's an inexact science, but the trick is this: not to quit on anything too soon. All of this takes time. It's an investment.

You're so far off base this time you can't even see the base!

Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.

When a man tells you he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring he is an inexact man.

All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only approximate.

When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.

Cele doua ceasuri arata, concomitent, doua forme diferite de timp, desi pe ambele destul de inexact. Al nostru intarzie peste masura, iar cel de acolo de afara... nu masoara timpul, ci eternitatea aservirii, iar cu treaba asta avem de-a face cat are de-a face creanga cu ploaia: suntem neputinciosi.

the science of shooting people in the torso and not killing them was a fairly inexact one. In fact, he might have just invented it.

a zis ca am niste idei bizare si c-am citit prea mult. inexact. am citit prea putin si am inteles si mai putin. apoi a spus c-am sa ma inapoiez la credinta pentru ca am un spirit nelinistit.(...) i-am spus asta si i-am cerut sase penny. mi-a dat trei.