Quotes about Guessing

I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly. Votes: 4

My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing. Votes: 4

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else. Votes: 4

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. Votes: 4

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything. Votes: 4

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution. Votes: 4

Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game. Votes: 4

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing. Votes: 4

I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.' Votes: 4

The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science. Votes: 4

I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don't get too comfortable. Votes: 4

I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing. Votes: 4

The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness. Votes: 4

Whenever you try to pick market tops and bottoms, you are making a prediction. Guessing what stock is going to outperform the market is forecasting, as is selling a stock for no apparent reason. Indeed, nearly all capital decisions made by most people are unconscious predictions. Votes: 4

Guessing isn't knowing. Votes: 3

Guessing a thing ain't knowing a thing. Votes: 3

Guessing has never been widely acclaimed as a good gambling strategy. Votes: 3

Guessing right for the wrong reason does not merit scientific immortality. Votes: 3

Guessing before proving! Need I remind you that it is so that all important discoveries have been made? Votes: 3

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)] Votes: 3

I like to keep people guessing. Votes: 2

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice. Votes: 2

Managers have people second-guessing them all the time. Votes: 2

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill. Votes: 2

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust. Votes: 2

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good. Votes: 2

Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing. Votes: 2

There is no God', the wicked saith, 'And truly it's a blessing, For what he might have done with us It's better only guessing. Votes: 2

You can't learn from remembering. You can't learn from guessing. You can learn only from moving forward at the rate you are moved, as brightness into brightness. Votes: 2

If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for the truth, instead of second guessing. Votes: 2

When you're a father, you know exactly where your heart really is. There's no question of it, no doubt. That part of your life has no second guessing. Votes: 2

There's always something in the game you wish you would have done different. That's why players improve, because they learn from what they did before. They might have been guessing before, but now they know. Votes: 2

I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong. Votes: 2

I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.' Votes: 2

Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know what's going to happen next. Votes: 2

I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I'm feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what's going on. Votes: 2

Things change all the time, and theyll probably never be the same again. Its just the natural evolution of the human condition. Things change, and whatever it is is what it is. I mean, you try to start second guessing that, you either get rich or die broke. Votes: 2

Things change all the time, and they'll probably never be the same again. It's just the natural evolution of the human condition. Things change, and whatever it is is what it is. I mean, you try to start second guessing that, you either get rich or die broke. Votes: 2

I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do. Votes: 2

Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne. Votes: 2

Novelists who pretend to understand what keeps them scribbling are really just guessing. A profound, unmet childish need to be acknowledged? Maybe. It hardly matters, though. The termite that asks itself why it keeps chewing risks becoming sluggish and inefficient, as does the writer who grows self-conscious in the middle of chapter five. Votes: 2

A Republican Congressman, Rep. Chris Lee, was caught flirting with a woman trolling for dates on Craigslist and sent her a shirtless photo of himself. He lied about his age and his marital status. He said he was 39 and divorced. He's 46 and married, though being a Republican congressman, I'm guessing he's really 60 and gay. Votes: 2

The great thing about being an actor in a film is that you're able to start knowing exactly where you're going to finish and really paint something in between. You can work to know the arc you need to build. Whereas in television, it is open-ended, and you're constantly guessing. There are pros and cons to both. Votes: 2

We must distinguish judging from guessing. Votes: 0

It's always good to keep people guessing. Votes: 0

I love not knowing. It keeps me guessing. Votes: 0

I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself. Votes: 0

Second guessing a decision is a waste of time. Votes: 0

Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated, look I'm still around. Votes: 0

Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual. Votes: 0

I am not second-guessing or questioning my understanding of the issue Votes: 0

Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy. Votes: 0

Let's work the problem, people. Let's not make things worse by guessing. Votes: 0

Life has taught me one big lesson, always keep the girlies guessing. Votes: 0

The central idea of poetry is the idea of guessing right, like a child. Votes: 0

Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective. Votes: 0

Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it. Votes: 0

If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one.... Votes: 0

Trust is precious and easily wasted, and guessing is a lousy foundation for future progress. Votes: 0

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot. Votes: 0

The producers like to keep people guessing and keep them on the edge of their seats. Votes: 0

Okay, I'm guessing you're gonna give us the bad news first because there's no good news? Votes: 0

To be intuitive is to possess a godly characteristic: to be bad at second-guessing the good. Votes: 0

Comedians second-guessing themselves is scary. Poor taste is not a crime and we can't forget that. Votes: 0

If you don't have the confidence, it doesn't matter what you do, you're always second-guessing yourself. Votes: 0

Memorizing, guessing, looking at pictures, predicting, substituting, and skipping, are not reading; they are very bad habits. Votes: 0

You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature. Votes: 0

Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be. Don't become too predictable. Votes: 0

Confidence is everything. If you start second guessing yourself, you're bound to run into more bad outings Votes: 0

For someone attacked by criminals to be victimized a second time by a second-guessing legal system is wrong. Votes: 0

I think the jobs [at the top] are unbelievably difficult, and there is nothing easier than second-guessing people. Votes: 0

Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future. Votes: 0

I resented my mother for guessing my innermost secrets. She was like God, everywhere at once knowing everything. Votes: 0

I'm guessing whatever 'ways' you have in mind aren't Jill-appropriate either." "Put your books away and I'll show you. Votes: 0

The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad. Votes: 0

It's mass confusion. I'm guessing on every shot. About the only thing left for me is acupuncture in the brain. Votes: 0

Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring. Votes: 0

That's always important to us, is being truthful. Not guessing, not making any assumptions. Just coming at it with knowledge. Votes: 0

Move forward with no second-guessing, no guilt trips, no hesitation. Your purpose is to recreate yourself anew in each moment. Votes: 0

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others. Votes: 0

One should make the best choice possible given the circumstances, and then avoid second-guessing for the sake of one's own sanity. Votes: 0

You're not making my mistakes, Bella. You sound like you're scared silly, and I'm guessing it's because you're afraid of me. Votes: 0

I've always said it's important to take advice from people who have what you want because otherwise, people are just guessing. Votes: 0

This was what true fear was--that you could never know other people, not completely. That you were always just guessing blind. Votes: 0

The result of the mathematician's creative work is demonstrative reasoning, a proof, but the proof is discovered by plausible reasoning, by GUESSING. Votes: 0

Sometimes guessing is the best you can do. In the real world, we guess all the time and it serves us well. Votes: 0

Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast. Votes: 0

A PhD in Mathematics is three years of guessing it wrong, plus one week of getting it right and writing a dissertation. Votes: 0

We were given the Scriptures to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are just guessing. Votes: 0

You have a memory chip that small implanted in you," he verified. I nodded, guessing this was somewhat worse than having cooties. Votes: 0

History shows us that people are terrible about guessing what is going to happen - next week, next month, and especially next year. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

As soon as you start analyzing comedy is when the world starts to fall apart, and we're second guessing it. And we are way too sensitive. Votes: 0

To name an object is to deprive a poem of three-fourths of its pleasure, which consists in a little-by-little guessing game; the ideal is to suggest. Votes: 0

On NBC, MSNBC and Hulu, you can size and cut clips to whatever length you want. Do online clips affect the TV market? I'm guessing not really. Votes: 0

Tony Blair has to consider very carefully to what extent he can leave Britain, the party and the nation guessing as to when exactly he might go. Votes: 0

Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point. Votes: 0

He landed 10 feet below with a sickening crunch-i'm guessing his enhancements didn't allow him to bounce back up like a ball. we call that a design flaw. Votes: 0

You get frustrated when you don't win and when you're not successful. You have to keep battling. You don't give up. You don't start second guessing yourself. Votes: 0

Life: It is better not to wrap philosophy around such an inconceivable evolving beautiful mystery. If based on perception, alone; whatever the conclusion - it is still guessing. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Your past wouldn’t frighten me,” I said, buckling my seat belt across my lap. “I’m guessing I’d be more appalled than anything. Votes: 0

I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era of self-awareness and social revolutions. Votes: 0

You can never tell about a person by guessing...that's why language was invented. Otherwise, we'd all be like dogs, sniffing each other to find out where we stood. Votes: 0

No matter what the reason, the ways I tried to justify the situation, the second-guessing that lingered, nothing could change the fact that people stopped existing because of me. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I'm guessing that once you've discovered this distinction you can't go back to solitary confinement without serious emotional repercussions. Votes: 0

Some thoughts should never be conceived. Some questions should never be asked, because they have no answer, and the questions themselves serve only to haunt with grinding guilt and second guessing. Votes: 0

One of the nice things about being a private company is operating without the intensity of public glare. It's hard to grow a company under a microscope of constant second guessing. Votes: 0

The most difficult problem in personal knowledge, whether of oneself or of others, is the problem of guessing when to think as a historian and when to think as an anthropologist. Votes: 0

Are you going to deliver whatever threat Avari sent you with, or are we going to have to start guessing?" Tod said. "I gotta warn you, I'm insanely good at charades. Votes: 0

There is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy. Votes: 0

The very things I used to be told off for - daydreaming, exaggerating, making mistakes, wild guessing, contradicting, spying, being obsessive, being reckless - for these, suddenly, I am being praised. Votes: 0

I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older. Votes: 0

Someone, I was beginning to suspect, had a bit of a gangster complex. It wasn't really very hard to figure out who. I mean, I was guessing it wasn't Christopher's aunt Jackie. Votes: 0

I know," she said, guessing my thoughts. "I know exactly how you feel." "Does it get easier?" I asked. Unlike Sydney, Olena had an answer. "Yes. But you'll never be the same. Votes: 0

We'll keep guessing at what it might be that he's hiding. But I think the question is, were Donald Trump ever to get near the White House, what would be those conflicts? Votes: 0

For Mallarmé naming an object meant suppressing three-quarters of its poetic pleasure (which consists in the joy of guessing bit by bit - "le suggérer, voilà le rêve!"). Votes: 0

David Arnold's writing is both heartfelt and hilarious. You will fall in love with Mim, even as her grand journey will keep you guessing. Mosquitoland reminds us that sometimes imperfect is just perfect. Votes: 0

I tend to keep my private life private. I think it's important to have mystique. It's important to keep people thinking and guessing, and you want everyone to think you're singing to them. Votes: 0

For me, my awkward phase corresponded to an interest in rock n' roll. From experience, I'm guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band. Votes: 0

Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation. Votes: 0

The author says this socially respectable option NOT to parent has actually made parenthood more stressful. The knowledge that parents have chosen that role allows for unrealistic buildup of expectations and unavoidable second-guessing. Votes: 0

I agree with the President that second-guessing is not a strategy, but at the same time, I want to continue the dialogue that ultimately will lead to bringing all of our troops home. Votes: 0

Skibbereen have a hard time at [math]; the best that the smartest of them can do with adding two plus two is guessing: three plus one. Correct, sort of, but not always useful. Votes: 0

The CIA laid out several scenarios and said life could be lousy, life could be OK, life could be better, and they were just guessing as to what the conditions might be like. Votes: 0

Planning is not just guessing, it is harmful guessing, because it is a waste of time. All the time you spend doing your five year plan you can use to worry about tomorrow. Votes: 0

You see how wrong I go, how ridiculous I'm making myself in your eyes by keeping on guessing wrong like this! Doesn't that help you to come out with it? Come on now! Votes: 0

You train yourself in the art of being mysterious to everyone. My dear friend! What if there were no one, who cared about guessing your riddle, what pleasure would you then take in it? Votes: 0

You want it to feel like a surprise. You want to keep him guessing whether he'll make you smile entirely so that when you do, he will feel like he's been given a gift. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm adapting to society. I went feral a little bit. I found that when I would get back to the city, if there was any second-guessing about stuff, it would happen. Votes: 0

This felt right. Not just leaving, but how I was doing it. Without regret, without second guessing. And with Wes right there, holding the door open for me as I walked out into the light. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm guessing our soldiers are happy to be leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there's crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population, but they said they're happy to come home anyway. Votes: 0