“I don't mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day.” FeelsMindFunnyDeathNextTroubleDyingBloodyNext Day Author:George Axelrod
“I hate funerals and would not attend my own if it could be avoided” IfsFunnyDeathHateMy OwnI HateFuneralAvoided Author:Robert Tappan Morris
“I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.” PeopleKnowsKindMeanImportantIdeasSeemsHouseWhiteSeriousMeetingsThings To DoWhite HouseShockedGlamorous Author:Hillary Clinton
“Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.” KnowsMenBookShowsFunnyReadingHe ManLibraryMortalsMemorableReading BooksShow Me Author:Dawn Addams
“I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.” InspirationalFirstsBookEndsFunnyReadingMiddleReading BooksSpeed Reading Author:Gracie Allen
“An old medical friend gave me some excellent practical advice. He said: "You will have for some time to go much oftener down steps than up steps. Never mind! win the good opinions of washerwomen and such like, and in time you will hear of their recommendations of you to the wealthier families by whom they are employed." I did so, and found it succeed as predicted.” MindSaidSuccessFoundWinningStepsOpinionAdviceSucceedMedicalPracticalsExcellentEmployedRecommendations Book:Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist Source: Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist
“Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained under duress may not be admissible in the court of scientific opinion.” MayProblemScienceOpinionCourtDataTortureConfessionHypothesisTestingDuress Author:Stephen Stigler
“But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown to be untenable. It is not going too far to say that the greatness of a scientific investigator does not rest on the fact of his having never made a mistake, but rather on his readiness to admit that he has done so, whenever the contrary evidence is cogent enough.” GivingDoeMadeDoneEnoughMomentsFactsScienceMistakeOpinionPositionGreatnessGiving UpEvidenceContraryMade A MistakeHesitationReadinessInvestigators Author:William Bayliss
“But, as Bacon has well pointed out, truth is more likely to come out of error, if this is clear and definite, than out of confusion, and my experience teaches me that it is better to hold a well-understood and intelligible opinion, even if it should turn out to be wrong, than to be content with a muddle-headed mixture of conflicting views, sometimes miscalled impartiality, and often no better than no opinion at all.” IfsShouldWellsSometimesScienceTurnsViewsOpinionTeachClearTruth IsUnderstoodErrorsConfusionDefiniteMixturesImpartialityMuddle Author:William Bayliss