#calculation

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. ↗

— David R. Brower

#calculations #different #different kinds #each #half-life

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#chances #done #i #identical #lottery

Because of recent improvements in the accuracy of theoretical predictions based on large scale ab initio quantum mechanical calculations, meaningful comparisons between theoretical and experimental findings have become possible. ↗

— Yuan T. Lee

#based #because #become #between #calculations

You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime. ↗

— William Kirby

#always #argue #calculation #conflict #could

Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness and why it was not something that comes about from complicated calculations. ↗

— Roger Penrose

#ago #book #calculations #called #comes

[S]he stood for some moments gazing at the sisters, with affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#expression #eyes #hypocrisy #hypocrisy

Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#arab #being #benefit #calculations #destroyed

Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#broke #calculation #child #cold #front

I'm trying not to pay too much attention to the rankings because calculations can distract you. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#because #calculations #distract #i #much

It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#any #anyone #begins #beliefs #calculations