Buffons Needle/estimating %CF%80

Famous quotes containing the words needle and/or estimating:

    I would build my house of crystal,
    With a solitary friend,
    Where the cold cracks like a pistol
    And the needle stands on end.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    I am sure that in estimating every man’s value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)