Variables Quotations

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards.

To be is to be the value of a variable.

Every job is a blessing. Everyone has to take into account what is available. Are you paying rent, who do you get to work with? There are a lot of variables in the job. What I'm drawn to is things that I don't completely understand maybe, and want to get a better feel for it.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds.

I work with the macro economy, which involves the major variables that measure the health of the whole economy, such as total consumption, investment, income, employment, and inflation.

I've tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I've failed. I've tried to work outside the studio, but it introduces too many variables that I can't control. I'm really quite narrow, you know.

Gravity is one variable in a lot of scientific processes. If you can remove gravity or minimize its effect, then you can understand the other processes that are going on.

Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived.

That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.

In the tradition of national income accounting, economic policymakers have typically focused on variables such as income, wealth, and consumption.

I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.

Investing is about making probabilistic decisions with limited information about an unknowable future. The variables are well known, as are the possible outcomes.

We're going to see some erosion in a number of macroeconomic variables

We're most interested in well-managed crops that produce high yields. Year-to-year weather challenges, soil fertility and other variables can drastically impact the corn we see come into the plant and growers managing for those variables is key.

Reuters was completely accurate that I am concerned about the level of the market. But I also made it clear on the conference call (and I believe as Reuters reported it), that it is almost impossible to predict what a market will do in the short term. There are too many variables.

The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed over from literature into speech.

There is no such thing as a free variable.

One man's constant is another man's variable.

Time was the only variable in every equation of power and oppression--how long before the pot boiled over.

In business we often find that the winning system goes almost ridiculously far in maximizing and or minimizing one or a few variables - like the discount warehouses of Costco.

Many variables interact to affect mane development in wild lions. Several of these variables, including food, water, and social groupings, are controlled in zoological parks, where the (study found) climate has a major effect on mane development.

Sea surface temperature is the one that consistently comes up. What we found is that all the variables have an effect, but those tend to be on a storm-by- storm basis and not over a longer period.

One sponsoring organization might spark anti-globalization protests while another attracts animal rights activists. Security planning has to take these variables into account and respond accordingly.

Politicians need to justify what they're doing, so they'll get some economist to put together a study that put out a job-creation figure that depends on multiplier effects and a lot of economic variables to come through,

Nico is on a list with quite a few other people and with quite a few variables to be considered before we reach a conclusion.

For most companies, isolated business process reengineering is no longer enough. They now realize the importance of tying together data across disparate business processes--because this provides a holistic view of enterprise operations and enables the company to innovate at a business model level, whether it's linking price to demand and supply variables in real-time or understanding risk as it is being incurred to drive customized insurance policies.

He had been hit once before in the series. It was certain given the variables I had to work with in that particular game, in that particular situation with the pitcher hitting behind him, I thought he was throwing at him intentionally.

Hydrogeology is not a simple discipline, ... It's full of variables that are always changing.

There are so many variables to watch. With the API numbers on the way, everyone is in a wait and see attitude.

(There are) so many variables -- the weather, the wave height, how fast the anchoring process goes (and) how quickly we can get rigged and get the Deep Drone in the water.

I think it's cyclical. It's very hard to determine what variables are at work here. I don't think anyone really knows, and it's hard to draw a conclusion.

I think there's a lot of variables and factors. Obviously, I've got to feel good, feel healthy. I have to feel as though the way I'm throwing the ball is good and effective. I have to know that if I am feeling good and throwing the ball with quality pitches, I have to feel I'm wanted or needed by the organization.

I think every season is important because there are so many variables for the conference and the schools, ... Certainly, this year presents the opportunity for the Big East Conference to step out and show its capabilities.

Over the past decade, global and Asian investors have become more aware of the impact of environmental, social, and governance variables on their investments. Whether it is a question of watching companies struggle with persistent environmental challenges or evaluating the impact of labor disputes, investors in Asian equities must increasingly look at a range of global sustainability issues to assess the long-term value of companies.

Out of all those variables that people talk about, you can really narrow that down to a fairly small list.

Surprisingly, games like chess and backgammon are tactically very similar to games like football and baseball. While the physical nature of the game is very different, the situational nature is strikingly similar. A football coach is constantly making decisions with respect to multiple variables (score, field position, down, yards to a first down, etc.). Sophisticated computer models and simulations were introduced in chess and backgammon more than 20 years ago, and much has been learned. To say that technology has revolutionized these games would be an understatement. There is absolutely no reason that ZEUS cannot have an equally revolutionary impact on professional sports such as football and baseball.

Standardization of creative units allows us to focus more on the message and other key variables that drive ROI.

That could be one reason. We have always been in the top 15 percent of counties. We are very effective getting families into work activities, ... There are others variables that also come into play.

I think practice preparation is always an indicator of game performance - not necessarily 100 percent, because there are still a lot of variables there, but it?s still an indicator,

I think Hank's credibility has been hurt but I think he has admitted that. I think he needs to be upfront about how they are handling all the variables facing the business.

I think they probably think they have an advantage, being there before, but it may be an advantage for us that they're thinking that they're expected to win and with us going in as an underdog. I don't like to look at variables like that, but I know that if our kids play the way we know they can, we'll be fine.

Managing sales compensation has always been a difficult task. As products and product configurations continue to get more complex, more and more companies are trying to use incentives as a way to drive specific behaviors. There are so many variables to this that compensation challenges mount to the point where traditional solutions like spreadsheets no longer provide an adequate remedy.

To say that... behaviors have different 'meanings' is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.

Most companies don't know if and how wireless will be used. They would like to believe it will interact seamlessly but there are a lot of variables that have yet to be answered.

We are committed to providing the market detailed and transparent disclosures on our PC securities, and today we are pleased to announce the names and descriptions of the loan-level variables we intend to begin publishing later this year.

There are no sure answers for ice being safe. The general standards for safe ice are a good rule of thumb, but with variables in weather and water, ice fishermen need to always be cautious.

There are any number of variables that come into play.

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.

There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can't decipher. what we can't understand we call nonsense. What we can't read we call gibberish. There is no free will. There are no variables.

You cannot design a healthcare consumerism program with a cookie-cutter approach. There are many variables an employer needs to consider when planning a healthcare program, including employee demographics, number of locations, company culture and the presence of chronic conditions in their workforce. Understanding these variables is critical to making healthcare consumerism work.

You hear from being sub-.500 to the World Series. I don't think anybody really knows. There's a lot of variables here, a lot of variables that can go well and work. I don't see many variables that would cause it not to work.

There are a lot more variables now. There is a need now to document chemical usage, stewardship, a whole range of issues.

We think it is now time for investors to switch from income statement variables to balance sheet variables when picking stocks, ... Portfolios in which stock selection was based on strong balance sheets tend to outperform those based on income statements when the profits cycle decelerates.

As the recognized leader in helping hospitals improve patient outcomes while at the same time lowering costs, Premier understands that many variables impact clinical quality and operational efficiency. For hospital executives and management, Rapid Improvement is a window into the culture and leadership that enables top-performing hospitals to achieve excellent results. For physicians and staff, this resource-rich tool offers a wealth of proven practices, policies and procedures that will allow them to generate significant quality and financial improvements in a short time.

A tool is there to assist, not do the job for you. Always remember that you are at least 50% smarter than computers. Computers know 'yes' and 'no,' but we know 'maybe.' We can evaluate more variables because there are only so many you can put into a tool.

At this point, ... it's so uncertain, there are so many variables out there, I think it's foolish for us to try to speculate on a particular launch date.

There's so many variables in our sport. We try to minimize the likelihood of something going wrong.

The oil companies will do the best that they can to explain the complexity of bringing oil to the market, explaining the variables of weather disasters and international conflicts and so forth,

You never know what pieces you're going to have. You're dealing with the draft, and you just don't know how kids are going to do when they get here. There's just so many variables out there that you can't control.

They played like they were down 2-0. You've got to deal with a lot of variables and a lot of bumps in the road. You just move on.

There was a situation in Pittsburgh, and our understanding was that Luna was one of the individuals involved in the situation, ... He had been hit once before in the series and it was certain that, given the variables I had to work with, in that particular game and that particular situation, with the pitcher hitting behind him, I thought he was throwing at him intentionally.

There were so many variables to look at and consider, hauling and such. It wasn't only cost. But they also came in as the low-cost provider.

There's certainly variables you look at, the biggest being past history. If they've had problems in the past, the bigger guys, those are the ones we'd like to participate.

It's the perfect storm of variables that is converging for this game. People have been anticipating this game since the start of the season, and the buildup has been substantial.

It's more than just whether there's snow or not. We don't want to be out here during a storm or in slushy conditions. There are a lot of variables to consider, it's best if people call ahead before coming out.

It's pretty much the same variables that we've seen all year: softness in the retail ad category and very disappointing auto ad trends. National has been a mixed bag.

It took a couple races, but for the most part, this Pontiac GTO has been something special, ... This is the best racecar I've ever had and we were in trouble before we got it. It's a dream to drive right now and that's the way my car was last year. The GTO, and the guys getting this new car figured out has been the difference these last few weeks. They do a fantastic job, and once they get it, they usually don't lose it. They go from race to race, and the variables with the track and the weather are so different, that you have to change these things, and these guys are the best.

It was just a mistake. There are 20 variables (in the similar school rankings), and when typing in the numbers, they missed that one.

Things change in a battalion. We're making assessments on leadership, on training. There are a lot of variables that are involved here, senator,

There's various scenarios and interpretations about that urgency. I think first we have to get the facts. There are too many interpretations of the facts, and those scenarios could change based on the variables incorporated in those projections,

These variables may have the strongest associations with longevity among older people.

In Revenue Modeling and GLAD, we are developing a very sophisticated set of tools that allow us to analyze the whole lifecycle of the products. We collect as much data as possible, calibrate the data, and then feed all the significant variables impacting residual values into our models to get a complete picture of and insights about resale values.

the modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

I don't think I see myself (as a DH) now. Anything can happen. There are a lot of variables involved. I broke spring training as a DH last year, I guess -- I didn't know that then -- and the majority of the games I played (were) in the field and I made the all-star team.

But that constant adjustment and adaptation to your new environment, all the variables are the same. There's always a promoter, there's always a rider, there's always a shower, and there's always a stage.

But nothing in life was set in stone and nothing in life is promised us. Not happiness, not joy, not love. Everything was variable and mutable and inconstant.

On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It's very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big.

We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity. I am afraid. I will taste fear until I die.

Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness.

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

Grades count more at some, community service at others. Some admissions committees look closely at recommendations, others don't. Athletic or musical talent can sometimes boost your chances. The criteria cover a wide range of variables that often interact in complex ways. But the mysterious admissions process really comes down to nothing more than matching the strengths of the various applicants against the attributes a particular college is looking for.

There is no doubt that we cannot do without variable quantities in the sense of the potential infinite. But from this very fact the necessity of the actual infinite can be demonstrated.

The potential infinite means nothing other than an undetermined, variable quantity, always remaining finite, which has to assume values that either become smaller than any finite limit no matter how small, or greater than any finite limit no matter how great.

The different variables involved in anything creative, really, are massive. When it comes together, it just clicks, I suppose.

A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes his taste and manners; he is not this minute what he was the last, and will not be the next what he is now; he is his own successor.

As the variable capital always stays in the hands of the capitalist in some form or other, it cannot be claimed in any way that it converts itself into revenue for anyone .

The road conditions are so variable here, there is ice, snow and everything in between. But a podium finish is a definite possibility if we stay smooth and adjust to the slippery conditions.

High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.

A function of a variable quantity is an analytic expression composed in any way whatsoever of the variable quantity and numbers or constant quantities.

Reality is above all else a variable, and nobody is qualified to say that he or she knows exactly what it is. As a matter of fact, with a firm enough commitment, you can sometimes create a reality which did not exist before.

You make one tiny variable and so help me, I’ll have you slaughtered where you sit. (Kiefer) He’s just such a nice man. (Nykyrian)

There is no effective difference between guessing a variable that is not random, but for which information is partial or deficient (...), and a random one (...). In this sense, guessing (what I don't know, but what someone else may know) and predicting (what has not taken place yet) are the same thing.

The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.

How many fluids should you take in daily? That is an unanswerable question with all of the variables that affect our fluid needs at any given time. If you meet anyone who can answer that question for you, run away quickly.

The technology is the independent variable, the social system the dependent variable. Social, systems are therefore determined by systems of technology; as the latter change, so do the former.

The social sciences, like much of biology but unlike most fields of the physical sciences, have to deal with structures of essential complexity, i.e. with structures whose characteristic properties can be exhibited only by models made up of relatively large numbers of variables.

The chief point we must remember is that the great and rapid advance of the physical sciences took place in fields where it proved that explanation and prediction could be based on laws which accounted for the observed phenomena as functions of comparatively few variables-either particular facts or relative frequencies of events.

Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.

Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often arise where language is as variable and undetermined as the English.