Statistics Quotes

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Although to penetrate into the intimate mysteries of nature and thence to learn the true causes of phenomena is not allowed to us, nevertheless it… — Leonhard Euler
A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence. — Howard Whitley Eves
Work, finish, publish. — Michael Faraday
A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work. — Michael Faraday
It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions. — Richard P. Feynman
Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things… — Richard P. Feynman
When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he is ignorant. When he has a hunch as to what the result is, he… — Richard P. Feynman
Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor. — Edgar Fiedler
Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability. — Ronald Fisher
"I was counting the waves", replied Amory gravely, "I'm going in for statistics". — F. Scott Fitzgerald
All you have to do to make something interesting is to look at it long enough. — Gustave Flaubert
It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief. — Alan Dean Foster
Man is a tool-making animal — Benjamin Franklin
One of the best ways of avoiding necessary and even urgent tasks is to seem to be busily employed on things that are already done. — John Kenneth Galbraith
In the world of minor lunacy the behaviour of both the utterly rational and the totally insane seems equally odd. — John Kenneth Galbraith
There can be no question, however, that prolonged commitment to mathematical exercises in economics can be damaging. It leads to the atrophy of judgement and… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns to comprehend the language and become familiar with the characters in… — Galileo Galilei
The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. — Bill Gates
Most human problems can be solved by an appropriate charge of high explosive. — Joe Gayton
The older I get, the more I believe that at the bottom of most deep mathematical problems there is a combinatorial problem. — Israel Gelfand

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