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Conventional Quotes by Fischer Black
- In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another that the theory…
- In the real world of research, conventional tests of [statistical] significance seem almost worthless.
More Conventional Quotes
- Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. — John Barrymore
- The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the… — Walter Benjamin
- In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional… — Ezra Taft Benson
- When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more. — Mayim Bialik
- There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road,… — Kathryn Bigelow
- A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is… — Augustine Birrell
- I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wisdom about making television. You're never,… — Anthony Bourdain
- No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced… — Andre Breton
- The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare… — Jerry Brown
- Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life? — Paul Cezanne
- Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's… — Noam Chomsky
- Cannabis is remarkably safe. Although not harmless, it is surely less toxic than most of the conventional medicines it could replace if… — Lester Grinspoon