Practical observation commonly consists of collecting a few facts and loading them with guesses.
OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors. - Ambrose Bierce
Remember: the universe neither judges, nor interprets, nor second guesses your will. If it did, there would be no poverty, no hunger, no suffering. - Stephen Richards
I am a man who knows nothing, guesses sometimes, finds frequently and who's always amazed. - Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. "More dear than all my bosom knows, O thou Whose 'lips are sealed' and will not disavow!" So sang the blithe reporter-man as grew Beneath his hand the leg-long "interview." Barson Maith - Ambrose Bierce
Reporter: A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. - Ambrose Bierce
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses. - George Bernard Shaw
My first wife said, 'It's either thatguitar or me,' you know -- and I giveyou three guesses which one went. - Jeff Beck
If we accept the premise that we’re always wrong, it really removes the incentive to spend a lot of time trying to make good guesses because even the good guesses turn out to be wrong. So, make plausible guesses… and tell a good story. - James S.A. Corey