#guessing

Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it. ↗

— Antonio Machado

#dreaming #dreams #food-for-thought #guessing #life

I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#guessing #i #into #myself #publicly

My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing. ↗

— Jude Law

#keep #myself #obligation #only #other

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

— David Ortiz

#guessing #here #i #me #people

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

— Helen Rowland

#dozen #easier #guessing #half #keep

When our hopes for performance are not completely met, realistic optimism involves accepting what cannot now be changed, rather than condemning or second-guessing ourselves. Focusing on the successful aspects of performance (even when the success is modest) promotes positive affect, reduces self-doubt, and helps to maintain motivation (e.g., McFarland & Ross, 1982).... Nevertheless, realistic optimism does not include or imply expectations that things will improve on their own. Wishful thinking of this sort typically has no reliable supporting evidence. Instead, the opportunity-seeking component of realistic optimism motivates efforts to improve future performances on the basis of what has been learned from past performances. ↗

— Sandra L. Schneider

#expectations #improvement #learning #optimism #performance

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. ↗

— Jim Courier

#articles #because #else #explain #feeling

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

— Blake Edwards

#facts #game #guessing #investigation #matters

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. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#apply #athletic #based #biomechanics #changes

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice. ↗

— Will Durant

#history #mostly #prejudice #rest