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Extrapolate Quotes

On drawing conclusions from limited evidence.

These quotes caution against extrapolating too far, whether guessing at someone else's motives or stretching an old plan to cover a very different situation.

Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.

Quotes by Walter Martin

People come into McDonald's two to three times a month - to extrapolate that to the cause of obesity is a real stretch.

Quotes by Steve Easterbrook

My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept...

Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good...

Quotes by Samantha Power

About Quotes

All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where you have partial facts, analysts, agents are always trying to interpret what those facts mean, extrapolate from them what they mean.

Quotes by Robert Mueller

Listening to the stories my colleagues are researching and grappling with - in terms of access to documents, psychological understanding of their subjects, artful composition and determination to extrapolate from an individual's life lessons and insights that we can all...

Quotes by Nigel Hamilton

One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.

Quotes by Nathan Myhrvold

My main expertise is in the past, but if I have to extrapolate into the future, I would say: no good news any time soon and an obvious exit strategy is not apparent to me.

Quotes by Juan Cole

I just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear that one could become too self-conscious, too artful, as an actor. Sometimes if you look at somebody, you can extrapolate from their exterior what...

Quotes by Harriet Walter

Always Quotes

For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on...

Quotes by George Saunders

I'm no scientist, but I'll dare extrapolate and say that it's pretty obvious that the more you struggle to recall something, the smarter you are!

Quotes by Faith Salie

I can't solve a puzzle for the life of me - my brain doesn't work that way. But I can take a very simple idea and extrapolate from it and spend time with it and pull things out of it.

Quotes by David Lowery

Couples in their 30s are having trouble having kids. And you just kind of extrapolate that and say, 'What if it happened to everybody? What kind of society would it be like if all of a sudden we knew that...

Quotes by David Alpay

I think that sometimes people talk about disruption, and I've seen tons of startups come in as disruptors and then disappear. And I think what we need to do as an industry is think about a world that is dominated...

Quotes by Dan Schulman

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these extrapolate quotes generally caution against?
Stretching limited information too far, whether guessing at someone's private motives, reusing an old plan, or projecting confidently into an uncertain future.
What does the quote about a book's reception say?
It argues against extrapolating too much personal meaning from one setback, in this case a conference backing out of supporting the speaker's book.
Is there a quote about research and access to documents?
Yes, one reflects on colleagues extrapolating conclusions while grappling with document access and the psychological complexity of their subjects.
What does the quote about a "bold new plan" mean?
It warns that you can't simply extrapolate a new plan from previous ones, since circumstances rarely repeat cleanly enough for that shortcut to work.
Does a quote extrapolate about the future specifically?
Yes, one admits to extrapolating cautiously into the future, predicting no good news soon and acknowledging no clear exit strategy is yet visible. See related Art quotes.

One speaker also extrapolates cautiously into the future, admitting the exit strategy is not yet clear. See related Art quotes.