I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices.
The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
About 30% of fresh food is thrown away in supermarkets every day, although they will deny it. British households are throwing an estimated 30% of their food away, too.
Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of financial trouble and would profit from bankruptcy but just haven't filed.
It is work and personal worth which make a State great both politically and industrially, and in my estimation they are to be found in largest proportions in the Democratic party.
When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.
It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.
Personally I estimate about a third of my time is spent on author events, social media and traditional publicity.
Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music.
Do you know how fast you are walking? ... To get a close estimate, count the number of steps you take in a minute and divide by 30... :)
The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.
The current best estimate for the Earth’s weight is 5.9725 billion trillion tonnes, a difference of only about 1 per cent from Cavendish’s finding.
In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.
The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.
When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval.
I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.
And I argued with that intelligence estimate and I think it is a responsibility of policymakers to use their best judgment on the basis of the intelligence they've received.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
I think the latest estimates were that we have about 250,000 millionaires and billionaires. President Obama wants to increase their taxes 13 percent.
We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way.
Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers.
