#calculation

Common sense is calculation applied to life. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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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

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The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. ↗

— Marquis De Custine

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Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitarianism and calculation that mark the rest of their lives. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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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

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Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

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There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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Radiative transfer calculations I can do standing on my head. ↗

— Christopher Monckton

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Although it's difficult, if not impossible, to put a dollar value on the numerous services nature provides, leaving them out of economic calculations means they are often ignored. ↗

— David Suzuki

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