Famous Quotes & Sayings

William James

A good hypothesis in science must have other properties than those of the phenomenon it is immediately invoked to explain, otherwise it is not prolific enough.

Roger Ascham

Marke all Mathematicall heades, which be onely and wholy bent to those sciences, how solitarie they be themselues, how vnfit to liue with others, & how vnapte to serue in the world.

Samuel Johnson

The business of the poet, said Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the species.

Friedrich Engels

Without analysis, no synthesis.

Paul Harvey

If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.

Milton Friedman

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.

Milton Friedman

Statistics do not speak for themselves.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.

Mitt Romney

I bathe in statistics.

Linda Casey

I think it speaks to the convenience of convenience stores.

Jim Glassman

He does speak more like a professor. He's a straight shooter.

Woody Guthrie

There's several ways of saying what's on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain't too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.

Woody Allen

Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing.

William Morris

Speak but one word to me.

Sarah Palin

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

Robert Smith Surtees

It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.

Sarah MacLean

I do not traditionally speak ill of women, but your governess is a cabbagehead

Salma Hayek

My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.