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errors mad void
Like the famous mad philosopher said, when you stare into the void, the void stares also; but if you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. (Which just goes to show Nietzsche wasn't a C++ programmer.) Charles Stross
errors events chance
You say, 'On the off chance that I had somewhat more, I ought to be exceptionally fulfilled.' You commit an error. On the off chance that you are not content with what you have, you would not be fulfilled in the event that it were multiplied. Charles Spurgeon
errors needs done
If a crooked stick is before you, you need not explain how crooked it is. Lay a straight one down by the side of it, and the work is well done. Preach the truth, and error will stand abashed in its presence.
errors useless repentance
Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless. Edward Gibbon
errors political demand
The opinions that the price of commodities depends solely on the proportion of supply and demand, or demand to supply, has become almost an axiom in political economy, and has been the source of much error in that science. David Ricardo
errors accountability criticism
Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error. David Brin
errors answers may
No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provide a supreme judicature by which error and partiality may be corrected. Benjamin Robbins Curtis
errors vagueness belief
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error. Bertrand Russell
errors reform cost
The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy. Carlos Mesa
brain helping said
My Gran said put a thimble on your finger and it helps you in case you slip with the needle and it goes up, into the brain, and death. Eddie Izzard
brain may titles
Money and titles may be hereditary," she would say, "but brains are not,"... Baroness Orczy
brains portion proper
We are making a little portion of their brains be sprinters; they are 100 percent football players, but for these purposes, they must learn the proper way to run. Ato Boldon
brains created encounters hollywood movies spielberg steven suck third trying watching
Stephen Hawking's been watching too many Hollywood movies. I think the only kind aliens in Hollywood are the ones created by Steven Spielberg - 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'E.T.,' for example. All other aliens are trying to suck our brains out. Neil deGrasse Tyson
brain body tables
If you memorize the periodic table it will speed you up if you're a chemist, but by and large, the reason you have a periodic table is so that you can store that information outside of your body. That way it frees up some part of your brain to do something else. Bill Nye
brain division labor
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour. Bertolt Brecht
brain dominant feels good great knows leg news skating works
We want him to feel good and be an important part of our team. He told me the other day that he feels he's skating well, and that his leg doesn't hurt. Well that's great news for us. He's dominant in the face-off circle, his brain works all the time; he knows how to play in all situations. Mike Babcock
brain use scientist
I’m not a scientist either, but I can use my brain, and I can talk to one, Charlie Crist
brain trying pressure
All we can do now is try to prevent secondary damage by relieving pressure on the brain caused by the initial injury. There is no reparative treatment for traumatic brain injury. Charlie Cox
opponents today worn
I've worn down opponents before and today that's what he did to me. Greg Helstrom
opponents situation commanders
The only situation a commander can know fully is his own: his opponent's he can know only from unreliable intelligence. Carl von Clausewitz
opponents pressure
We like to pressure our opponents and play an up-tempo game. We're young, and we're still developing.
opponents emotion argument
Contempt is the emotion we feel for an opponent whose arguments are too formidable to refute. Ann Coulter
opponents energy negative
Negative energy that comes at you in some form is energy that can be turned around - to defeat an opponent and lift you up. Curtis Jackson
opponents plenty shot tough waiting
Unfortunately, we don't get another shot (at Shawnee Heights). But that's okay. We still have plenty of tough opponents waiting for us.
opponents underestimate forget
We must never underestimate our opponents; nor should we forget that the closer we come to reaching our objectives, the more vicious and forthright will their opposition become. Tommy Douglas
opponents intense situation
I like to smile, even in intense situations. My opponents don't know how to react when they see me smile. Vince Carter
opponents underestimate forgotten
I've spent so much time making sure I don't underestimate my opponents that I've forgotten it's just as dangerous to overestimate them as well. Suzanne Collins