- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Approximate Quotes
On rough answers versus the right questions.
These approximate quotes prefer a workable answer to a meaningful question over flawless precision aimed at the wrong target entirely. For more on setting the right target, see our Aim quotes page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps one day we will have machines that can cope with approximate task descriptions, but in the meantime, we have to be very prissy about how we tell computers to do things.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rules or 'laws' of poetry are only tentative devices, an approximate scheme. There is no Sinaitic recipe for poetry, for the individual poem is the norm.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020
An approximate answer to the right question is worth far more than a precise answer to the wrong one.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
- Good Deal
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- Nov 07, 2020
An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020