Quotes about miscalculation (12 Quotes)


    I think there is a very real danger among some in the Democratic Party who think that the overreach by the Sensenbrenner bill ... (allows) Democrats to sit back and reap the benefit. If Democrats treat this issue as a spectator sport and sit back and watch and think it's going to fall in their laps, that's going to be a very bad miscalculation. People want a result. Immigrant voters aren't stupid. They're going to know who's on their side.

    a huge miscalculation. They did not anticipate the recovery that California experienced and the particular needs of the tech-based economy here in California. Secondly, there was no effort to build more (power) plants to meet that demand.

    You start worrying about the BCS and what bowl you're playing in, then BYU comes in and ends up beating you, which they are capable of doing, which we'll talk about tomorrow, then you've made a bad miscalculation.

    I think there is a question of fearing that if we know more, there is apt to be more panic. And I understand that calculation, but I think it is a miscalculation,

    The president's speech was an admission of gross miscalculation ... The army is already stretched incredibly thin. We don't have the personnel to respond if we had other problems in the world.



    With six out of 12 event completed, Lynch holds the point lead by a margin of 48 points. We would like to extend our lead this weekend, ... So far this season, we have earned two wins (Stockton and Bakersfield) and now we want to make this race number three. Stockton is a tight little fast-paced track. You really have to think every second of the way. Doing well requires being very clever and being able to save your car. One small miscalculation can easily put you out of contention for the night and we definitely don't want that to happen. Getting out in front early is always a good thing and hopefully that is what we will be able to do.

    I think that the Iranian regime has made another serious miscalculation by their latest actions, and we are engaged in some intensive diplomacy right now. We are talking with our European friends and others about how to move ahead and those discussions continue.

    I played the remaining four holes nicely this morning and then started my second round well with two birdies on the second and third holes. My bogeys on nine and 10 were results of missing the greens due to miscalculation and over-aggression.

    The Indian government has not shot itself in the foot. Most likely it has shot itself in the head, ... By conducting five nuclear tests India made a major miscalculation not merely about the United States but about India's own capability. The Indian government has deluded itself into the absurd assumption that the possession of nuclear weapons will make India into a superpower at a time when hundreds of millions of India's people are in abject poverty.

    Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn it into grains of truth. But the ultimate atom will always essentially be an error, a miscalculation.

    A lengthy strike by the pilots probably anything over 30 days would be a disaster. I don't think the pilots would strike with the intention of putting Northwest out of business. Miscalculation. That's the problem.



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