Guessing Quotes - Page 7

• Life has taught me one big lesson, always keep the girlies guessing.

  Elvis Presley

  Lessons, Taught, Bigs

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• I think any start has to be a false start because really there’s no way to start. You just have to force yourself to sit down and turn off the quality censor. And you have to keep the censor off, or you start second-guessing every other sentence. Sometimes the suspicion of a possible false start comes through, and you have to suppress it to keep writing. But it gets more persistent. And the moment you know it’s really a false start is when you start … it’s hard to put into words.

  Elif Batuman

  Writing, Thinking, Quality

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• The most common mistake you'll make is forgetting to keep your own scorecard. Very little at work reinforces your ability to do this, so you will have to be vigilant. When evaluators give you an assessment, they are just guessing at who you are; they certainly are not the ones who know your potential. They can rate you and influence you, but they don't get to define you. That's your most honorable assignment: to define, every day through the way you deliver your work, the scope and nature of your inherent abilities.

  Charlotte Beers

  Mistake, Assessment, Giving

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• Second guessing a decision is a waste of time.

  Jack O'Neill

  Decision, Waste, Wasting Time

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• The creative scientist studies nature with the rapt gaze of the lover, and is guided as often by aesthetics as by rational considerations in guessing how nature works.

  Albert Einstein

  Science, Creative, Lovers

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• As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

  Dwight Yoakam

  Artist, Focus, Opinion

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• But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding; but as for guessing how happy I am, or knowing anything about the matter,--- O! its quite beyond what you can understand.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Knowing, Matter

  Ann Radcliffe (1811). “The Italian or the Confessional of the Black Penitents”, p.265, Lulu.com

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• If the prior distribution, at which I am frankly guessing, has little or no effect on the result, then why bother; and if it has a large effect, then since I do not know what I am doing how would I dare act on the conclusions drawn?

  Richard Hamming

  Littles, Results, Dare

  The Art of Probability for Scientists and Engineers (p. 298)

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• You know, what's interesting about Washington...It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second-nature.

  George W. Bush

  Government, Interesting, Kind

  George W. Bush's Remarks at Presentation of Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 17, 2002.

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• Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be. Don't become too predictable.

  Sam Walton

  Next, Tricks, Predictable

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.315, Bantam

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• The coast is an edgy place. Living on the coast presents certain stark realities and a wild, rare beauty. Continent confronts ocean. Weather intensifies. It's a place of tide and tantrum; of flirtations among fresh- and saltwaters, forests and shores; of tense negotiations with an ocean that gives much but demands more. Every year the raw rim that is this coast gets hammered and reshaped like molten bronze. This place roils with power and a sometimes terrible beauty. The coast remains youthful, daring, uncertain about tomorrow. The guessing, the risk; in a way, we're all thrill seekers here.

  Carl Safina

  Ocean, Reality, Years

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• The producers like to keep people guessing and keep them on the edge of their seats.

  Daniela Ruah

  People, Producers, Seats

  Source: collider.com

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• I never liked to be pigeon-holed and I never liked people to think that they know who I am. I like to keep people guessing.

  A. J. Cook

  Thinking, Who I Am, People

  Source: www.ign.com

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• If you're truly playing improvised music, I don't care who you are or where you come from, you don't know what's going to happen. I feel essentially we really don't know anything anyway, most of the times we're just guessing.

  Hamid Drake

  Care, Where You Come, Feels

  Source: the-attic.net

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• I love not knowing. It keeps me guessing.

  Nestor Carbonell

  Knowing, Not Knowing

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• As long as you keep the audience on the edge of their seats, either scare them or keep them guessing, you can put anything in there that you want.

  Wes Craven

  Long, Scare, Want

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. March 11, 2009.

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• I like it when you buy something and pay with a credit card, they put your credit card on the receipt, but only the last four numbers. Aha! I'm really good at guessing twelve numbers. I can't guess 16 numbers, so thanks for the assistance!

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Numbers

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• I follow my instincts and I always think about what movie I would like to see. If I want to see it then I'm guessing that some other people might want to see it as well. I never try to think about what people will love or will like, because when you start to think for other people that's where you lose track of the real motivation.

  Alexandre Aja

  Motivation, Real, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• It's mass confusion. I'm guessing on every shot. About the only thing left for me is acupuncture in the brain.

  George Archer

  Golf, Confusion, Brain

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• Whenever I got a shot, the team that selected me, I just promised myself that I would give them something that they wouldn't regret... The Chicago Bears drafted me, and I'm going to make sure they're not second-guessing themselves about that.

  Devin Hester

  Regret, Team, Giving

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• I grew up around gay people my entire life, basically, that’s possibly why I’m quite camp, and some people think I’m gay when I meet them, which I think is awesome. It’s always good to keep them guessing.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Gay, Thinking, People

  "King of Nerds No Fan of Comic-Con" by Emma Pearse, www.vulture.com. July 17, 2009.

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• I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure fun and pleasure of holding a magazine in your hand, reading the story on paper, being able to roll it up and put it in your pocket, reread again later, show it to a friend, carry it with you, toss it on a shelf, collect them, have a lot of magazines lined up and read them again as a series. I think young people have always loved that. I think they always will.

  Stan Lee

  Strong, Fun, Book

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• Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.

  Charles de Lint

  Looks, Answers, Look Inside Yourself

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• We were given the Scriptures to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are just guessing.

  Rich Mullins

  Humble, Scripture, Realizing

  Concert in Lufkin, Texas, www.kidbrothers.net. July 19, 1997.

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• Move forward with no second-guessing, no guilt trips, no hesitation. Your purpose is to recreate yourself anew in each moment.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Moving, Guilt, Purpose

  FaceBook post by Neale Donald Walsch from Nov 09, 2012

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