Guessing Quotes - Page 8

• The result of the mathematician's creative work is demonstrative reasoning, a proof; but the proof is discovered by plausible reasoning, by guessing.

  George Polya

  Science, Creative, Mathematics

  "Induction and Analogy in Mathematics". Book by George Polya, 1954.

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• The central idea of poetry is the idea of guessing right, like a child.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Children, Ideas, Poetry Is

  "The Victorian Age in Literature". Book by G. K. Chesterton, Ch I: The Victorian Compromise and Its Enemies, p. 24, 1913.

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• Listen, young people, I understand narcissism - clearly. But at least I have the decency to hate myself. And that's what's missing from the young people. They don't have the debilitating self-loathing and the second guessing.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Hate, Self, People

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• My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.

  David Oyelowo

  Ambition, Careers, Long

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do, yes, but also habit, intuition, and sometimes plain old guessing. The gap between what we know and what we aim for persists. And this gap complicates everything we do.

  Atul Gawande

  Pain, Medicine, Intuition

  Atul Gawande (2010). “Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science”, p.7, Profile Books

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• The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied.

  Caroline Knapp

  Dog, Lying, Kissing

  Caroline Knapp (2010). “Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs”, p.215, Dial Press

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