A Quote by Sherman Kent

Estimating is what you do when you don't know. — © Sherman Kent
Estimating is what you do when you don't know.

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Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.
Now, I bow to nobody when it comes to estimating the influence of 'This Week.'
If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval.
Imust have a London audience.I could never preach, but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.
When I was a graduate student, estimating and interpreting distributed lags topped the agenda of macroeconomists and other applied economists.
You will be able to appreciate the influence of such an Engine on the future progress of science. I live in a country which is incapable of estimating it.
In estimating the adversities of life, we would seldom have much reason to complain of the evils we suffer, did we understand the dangers we daily escape.
The method of estimating the potency of insulin solutions is based on the effect that insulin produces upon the blood sugar of normal animals.
I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.
Altogether, the task of estimating the length of human life is beyond our capacity, for directly we say that it is ages long, we are reminded that it is briefer than the fall of a rose leaf to the ground.
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.
The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general.
There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is through suffering that dogs as well as saints are developed and made perfect.
No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors are the common weakness of humanity and should never be counted in estimating a person’s character.
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