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ARCHITECT, n. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money; who estimates the whole cost, and himself costs the whole estimate.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Architect,”
The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
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Included in
The Devil's Dictionary (1911), but just the first clause.
Added on 9-Jan-14 | Last updated 25-Apr-23
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Topics: architect, budget, estimate, home improvement, remodel
More quotes by Bierce, Ambrose It is better to be roughly right than to be precisely wrong.
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) English economist
(Misttributed)
Not attributed to Keynes until after his death. Actually from Carveth Read, Logic, deductive and inductive (1898): "It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong."
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 1-Dec-15
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Topics: correct, error, estimate, incorrect, precision, right, wrong
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