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Approximation Quotes

Estimates, truth, and learning

These approximation quotes suggest that chronological years are only ever a rough Age marker, not a full picture of a person.

Each piece, or part, of the whole of nature is always merely an approximation to the complete truth, or the complete truth so far as we know it. In fact, everything we know is only some kind of approximation because...

Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be physically well off. They will have a great abundance in material goods, and I think that will soften some of the conflicts we see now.

Quotes by Ralph Merkle

Chronological age is only an approximation of your functional age.

Quotes by Marv Levy

I tell students, 'If you are learning from YouTube I almost don't want to teach you because what you learn from YouTube it takes 10 times as long to unlearn.' They do an approximation of the centre of the note,...

Quotes by Kiri Te Kanawa

Age Quotes

Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their...

Quotes by Evan Davis

Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the purity of that on which he looks; and a person wishing to see a city or...

Quotes by Athanasius

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about age?
One quote argues that chronological age is only an approximation of a person's functional age, suggesting the calendar doesn't fully capture how someone actually lives or performs.
Is learning discussed in these quotes?
Yes, one speaker warns that learning something roughly from online videos first can take far longer to unlearn properly later, treating quick answers as imperfect approximations.
Do any quotes discuss scientific truth?
One reflects that every piece of nature we understand is merely an approximation of complete truth, framing knowledge as always provisional rather than final.
Is the future addressed here too?
Yes, one quote imagines a first approximation of the future where material abundance is common, treating even predictions as estimates rather than certainties.
What broader idea ties these approximation quotes together?
Across contexts from science to everyday City life, the throughline is humility - accepting that most of what we know is a close estimate, not the final word.

Others describe scientific and personal knowledge as Always an approximation of the whole truth, never quite complete.