Statistics Quotes

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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it. — William James
It was our use of probability theory as logic that has enabled us to do so easily what was impossible for those who thought of… — Edwin Thompson Jaynes
People must not attempt to impose their own 'truth' on others. The right to profess the truth must always be upheld, but not in a… — Pope John Paul II
Network. Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. — Samuel Johnson
The business of the poet, said Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the species. — Samuel Johnson
Example is always more efficacious than precept. — Samuel Johnson
All intellectual improvement arises from leisure. — Samuel Johnson
The purpose of models is not to fit the data but to sharpen the question. — Samuel Karlin
It's against my programming to impersonate a deity. — Lawrence Kasdan
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas. — Edward Kasner
The testament of science is so continually in a flux that the heresy of yesterday is the gospel of today and the fundamentalism of tomorrow. — Edward Kasner
In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently. — Alan Kay
Now I feel as if I should succeed in doing something in mathematics, although I cannot see why it is so very important. . .… — Helen Keller
If they would only do as he did and publish posthumously we should all be saved a lot of trouble. — Maurice Kendall
Statistics is the branch of scientific method which deals with the data obtained by counting or measuring the properties of populations of natural phenomena. — Maurice Kendall
Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable? — Brian Kernighan
It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true, and… — John Maynard Keynes
Algebras are geometric facts which are proved. — Omar Khayyam
A little uncertainty is good for everyone. — Henry A. Kissinger
Formatting is no substitute for writing. — Leslie Lamport

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