Variable Quotes

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

If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.

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

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable object is unchanging under the impact or stress of some particular external or internal variable or, perhaps, that it resists the passage of time.

My research, even before 1972, moved in directions beyond those cited for the Nobel Memorial Prize. Most of it, in one way or another, deals with information as an economic variable, both as to its production and as to its use.

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

Autism is an extremely variable disorder.

Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems.

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.

Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it.

We have had a great deal of precipitation, but the variable warming and cooling trends has made it so some of the snow has melted, so we have already had some fairly high peaks in the water flows.

It all depends on whether [companies] view supply chain as a strategic variable or an execution variable.

The code is riddled with Seinfeld references. Every variable has been named after Seinfeld characters. They even use references to Soup Nazi, Kramer -- an amazing number of characters are in this thing.

Snoring has a huge spectrum, and I think that's the key variable you need to keep in mind.

The scientist in me makes it my preference that you try one variable or supplement at a time for each medical problem. The exception is taking a multiple vitamin-mineral supplement. That's always a good idea.

Teenagers are moody enough. Their self-esteem is variable enough from one moment to the next. It's hard to identify a clear-cut sign that a person has been abused. There are very few, if any, sure signs.

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.

There's no question that race has always been and will continue to be an important variable in American attitudes toward immigration.

Think about the relative merit of variable rates versus fixed-rate credit. Locking in a fixed rate now gives you a great deal of comfort. Even though the lowest rate might be a variable rate, those could start to climb again next year.

The one variable that could throw this whole thing in the trash basket is if Delphi workers walk.

My favorite indicator - my deserted island variable, meaning this is what I'd ask for if I were on a deserted island - is the Treasury yield curve. That's telling you we're expecting very strong growth over the next four quarters, albeit in the [second] half of next year.

The question of how much increased parental involvement there will be is a variable that is very hard for me as chancellor.

It's becoming clearer and clearer that body fat distribution is a critically important variable. And abdominal obesity is the key culprit.

We continue to see the movement from fixed income to variable income.