"Whenever you can, count." — Francis Galton
"Whenever you can, count."
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Francis Galton
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16 Quotes by Francis Galton
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It is always the case with the best work, that it is misrepresented, and disparaged at first, for it takes…
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Exercising the right of occasional suppression and slight modification, it is truly absurd to see how plastic a limited number…
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It is notorious that the same discovery is frequently made simultaneously and quite independently, by different persons. Thus, to speak…
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The phrase 'nature and nurture' is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable…
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Eugenics is the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future…
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One of the effects of civilization is to diminish the rigour of the application of the law of natural selection.…
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All male animals, including men, when they are in love, are apt to behave in ways that seem ludicrous to…
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Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.
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We greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock, which is by no means confined to…
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The aim of eugenics is to represent each class or sect by its best specimens; that done, to leave them…
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What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power,…
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I do not so easily think in words.... after being hard at work having arrived at results that are perfectly…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be…
— Aristotle
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Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for…
— Aristotle
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The…
— Saint Augustine
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All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences,…
— Roger Bacon
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work…
— Tallulah Bankhead
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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the…
— Dave Barry
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Beauty is not something you can count on. Usually, when people say you are beautiful, it is when there is…
— Emmanuelle Beart
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I find it almost comforting to count calories, because it makes me conscious of what I'm eating. But on Super…
— Kristen Bell
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Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one…
— Ritchie Blackmore
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There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is…
— Michael Bloomberg
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