Welcome to Estimate Quotes, your go-to resource for insightful and inspiring quotes on estimation and its myriad applications in life. Whether you’re seeking motivation for setting realistic goals, navigating uncertainties, or simply appreciating the art of forecasting, you’ll find a wealth of wisdom encapsulated in the quotes curated here.
Estimation, as an integral part of decision-making and planning, touches every aspect of our personal and professional lives. From project management to financial planning, from time management to risk assessment, the ability to make informed estimates empowers us to chart our course amidst the complexities of the world. Through the lens of renowned thinkers, leaders, and visionaries, we explore the nuances of estimation, acknowledging its challenges while celebrating its potential to guide us forward.
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It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life. A. J. Liebling
These are estimates that are done by the experts as to how much they expect we could get from the first lease sale that would take place in ANWR, and the estimate is about $2.5 billion. Gale Norton
And I argued with that intelligence estimate and I think it is a responsibility of policymakers to use their best judgment on the basis of the intelligence they’ve received. Frank Carlucci
We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur – only about one third of the estimated total population in need. Jan Egeland
Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right. Samuel Smiles
Analysts estimate that emerging markets are expected to drive 90 percent of the world’s pharmaceutical market growth, and differentiated products will be important to this growth. Dilip Shanghvi
I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two hundred thousand other babies were also born that day. I don’t know whether any of them was later interested in astronomy. Stephen Hawking
Most cars are parked at any point in time; my estimate is that I use my car about three percent of the time. Sebastian Thrun
I find that in this day and generation, the meanest men have the lowest estimate of woman; that the greater the man is, the grander he is, the more he thinks of mother, wife and daughter. Robert Green Ingersoll
In an efficient market, at any point in time, the actual price of a security will be a good estimate of its intrinsic value. Eugene Fama
Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living. Orison Swett Marden
Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self. Charles Spurgeon
It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change and deny our emotions – especially the ones that shake us at our very core, like hurt, jealousy, loneliness, shame, rage and grief. Debbie Ford
Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook’s value through its future profits, we need to have a view on its user growth and how this will evolve in the next 10 to 50 years. Didier Sornette
Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music. Leo Ornstein
I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be. Derek Bok
It is critical to bundle all future variable costs of supporting the customer in order to fairly estimate the future contribution. Bill Gurley
The amazing thing about the sea is that it is perhaps the last truly unexplored frontier; most oceanographers estimate that only about ninety-five per cent of the sea has been studied. Meanwhile, the oceans are believed to contain more animals than exist on land, a majority of which have never been discovered. David Grann
There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical and mental performance. Such food, moreover, taxes our digestive organs decidedly less, and, in making us more contented and sociable, produces an amount of good difficult to estimate. Nikola Tesla
It’s just us trying to start a movement where everybody passes on a bit of cooking knowledge. We estimate that one person can potentially affect 180 others very quickly so we’re just trying to spread the word. Jamie Oliver
I don’t think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day’s programming. Roone Arledge
Fundamentally, adopting rules without any estimate of the impact is the height of arbitrary decision-making. Michael O’Rielly
I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These… enable us to examine… the work as a whole… and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense. Leon Battista Alberti
Anyone who thinks that people can be fooled or pushed around has an inaccurate and pretty low estimate of people – and he won’t do very well in advertising. Leo Burnett
Plastic debris in the ocean was thought to accumulate in big patches, mostly in subtropical gyres – big currents that converge in the middle of the ocean – but scientists estimate that only about 1 percent of plastic pollution is in these gyres and other surface waters in the open ocean. Tatiana Schlossberg
At a crude estimate, I must have played ‘Thunder Road’ 1,500 times. Nick Hornby
The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so that it may weigh and estimate them better, and this need increases when a country like the Philippines is concerned, where the inhabitants speak and complain in a language unknown to the authorities. Jose Rizal
In consequence of our limited ideas of the sufferings of Christ, we place a low estimate upon the great work of the atonement. The glorious plan of man’s salvation was brought about through the infinite love of God the Father. In this divine plan is seen the most marvelous manifestation of the love of God to the fallen race. Ellen G. White
There’s almost 70 billion in square feet under construction in high rises in commercial, residential and light manufacturing. And we estimate about 30 billion square feet, and that’s with a ‘B,’ is commercial, that we would just consider office space. To put that in perspective, that’s a 5×5-foot cubicle for every man, woman and child in China. James Chanos
I did some research once on the way people in the past imagined the year 2000. They tended to picture the things they already had getting more sophisticated – flying cars, self-cleaning windows. And the folks in the early 1900s had a wildly optimistic estimate of the future of pneumatic tubes. Gail Collins
Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars. Henry David Thoreau
Always have a plan when you shop. Have your list ready so that you know who you’re purchasing gifts for and an estimate on how much you’re going to spend. John Rampton
Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That’s the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy. Theresa May
The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity. Jennifer Armintrout
Some estimate Hulu IPO could bring in $2 billion. What will the content providers get? Zero. What is Hulu without content? An empty jukebox. Steven Levitan
Fusion power is speculative and experimental. I think it is reckless to assume that the fusion problem will be cracked, but I’m happy to estimate how much power fusion could deliver, if the problems are cracked. David J. C. MacKay
Reliable numbers about the amount of dirty money around the world are difficult to come by. But according to an estimate by the nonprofit Global Financial Integrity group, $1 trillion vanishes from the developing world’s economies every year. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Climate change carries implications that stretch far beyond extreme weather, however. The effects on public health are far more alarming – and those have to be taken into account in order to calculate an accurate estimate of the costs of inaction. Tom Steyer
I think Jake Paul’s got some skills, man. I think a lot of people kind of estimate this guy. I think he actually is gonna do really well against Tyron Woodley, and he might knock him out. And he’s got the money, and the training, and he’s surrounded himself with really good people, and he’s an athletic freak. Jeremy Stephens
In the U.S.A. or Europe there is no realistic way to estimate the type, magnitude, or probability of the risk, nor any way to narrow down the potentially affected regions. Jurgen Habermas
Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers. David Kay
Personally I estimate about a third of my time is spent on author events, social media and traditional publicity. Sara Sheridan
Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another. Richard Owen
Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of financial trouble and would profit from bankruptcy but just haven’t filed. Elizabeth Warren
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world. Adam Sedgwick
I can safely say that there are dozens of places on ‘Titania’ to watch a film with friends. I would estimate there’s something like 50 televisions on board, some of which are very big-screen, some of which drop out of ceilings on the outdoor decks. John Caudwell
In my case, I estimate that the members of the British Chiropractic Association have an annual turnover of ?100m, and the BCA decided to sue me personally. I was very close to backing down and apologising for an article that was fair and accurate. Simon Singh
Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense. Jeff Bingaman
In the 2012 election, the polls that had made Mitt Romney so confident that he was going to win were his own internal polls, based on models that failed to accurately estimate voter turnout. But the public polls, especially statewide polls, painted a fairly accurate picture of how the electoral college might go. Kristen Soltis Anderson
There are tens of thousands of bank branches and 4,000 currency chests. We need to be careful and try that this is a number which is not a mere estimate but a verified number both physically and in the accounting sense. Urjit Patel
There was a uniqueness to the American case of slavery. 10 million people, a conservative estimate, were brought to America… hundreds of people were set up in work camps, and hereditary-forced labor was put in place. That’s a very different thing than the personal slavery that existed elsewhere. Edward Ball
We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material – whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability – it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year. John Bolton
I used to hold a unitary view, in which I proposed that only experienced happiness matters, and that life satisfaction is a fallible estimate of true happiness. Daniel Kahneman
I know my market value and according to that we estimate the budget and make films. Nithiin
If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man’s own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken. Johann Lamont
And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total? Tillie Olsen
Al Gore didn’t need to distance himself from Bill Clinton when he ran for president in 2000 because, when he ran, the country was in very good shape: strong economically and not at war. He did it anyway, and it was, in many people’s estimate, mine included, one of the reasons he lost. Susan Estrich
There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. Charles Dudley Warner
The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate that said Iran had paused its nuclear weaponization work also reported with high confidence that such work had been going on through 2003. How far did they get? That’s an important question, but I fear that the Iranians will never answer it, and we will not insist that they do. Michael Hayden
You just can’t learn certain lessons until you get to different elbows of the curve in scale. With a business that most estimate is several times the size of the next nine providers combined, we’ve learned certain lessons that you just can’t learn until you get to that level of scale. Andy Jassy
How many mothers have emerged from a family trip to a Disney movie and been obliged to explain the facts of death to their sobbing young? A conservative estimate: the tens of millions, since the studio’s first animated feature, ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ premiered in 1937. Richard Corliss
Every time I make a picture the critics’ estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent. Cecil B. DeMille
The reactionary percentage of the electorate in these United States has been relatively constant since McCarthy’s day; I’d estimate it as hovering around 30 percent. A minority, but one never all that enamored of the niceties of democracy – they see themselves as fighting for the survival of civilization, after all. Rick Perlstein
With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds. Orville Wright
I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices. Rachael Ray
To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary… is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds. Robert Jackson
When we acquire businesses in the developing world, we estimate if the growth opportunities are strong. Adi Godrej
Thus I was able to make pioneering measurements of the height and physical scale of plasma clouds in the ionosphere and also to estimate wind speeds in this region. Antony Hewish
Most of us would never consider getting our car repaired without first receiving an estimate of the charges, but this is exactly what we do when we need to go to a hospital for treatment. Dan Lipinski
Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day. Orison Swett Marden
U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration’s militancy and aggressiveness. Noam Chomsky
The test of civilization is its estimate of women. George William Curtis