“[Coining phrase "null hypothesis"] In relation to any experiment we may speak of this hypothesis as the "null hypothesis," and it should be noted that the null hypothesis is never proved or established, but is possibly disproved, in the course of experimentation. Every experiment may be said to exist only in order to give the facts a chance of disproving the null hypothesis.” GivingShouldMaySaidFactsOrderCoursesSpeakChanceRelationExperimentsPhrasesHypothesisExperimentationNull Author:Ronald Fisher
“I often ask people if they would like to give their organs when they pass on, and they say "Well, I'm not so sure, I don't know." And I said, "Well, would you accept one if you needed one?" "Well, yeah, sure." And I say "Well, there you go - where do you get them from?".” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingWellsSaidAsksAcceptingNeededYeahOrgans Author:Larry Hagman
“People thought I was a charlatan and a nut. The doctors were against me -- they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.” PeopleGivingHeartSaidSexLosesDoctorsWeightWork OutNutsThey SaidHeart AttackCharlatansSex Drive Author:Jack LaLanne
“The UN stopped using Chalabi's information as a basis for conducting inspections once the tenuous nature of his sources and his dubious motivations became clear. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the mainstream US media, which give prominent coverage to sources of information that, had they not been related to Hussein's Iraq, would normally be immediately dismissed.” GivingSaidMotivationClearMediaInformationSourceBasesIraqRelatedMainstreamHusseinCoverageProminentConductingDubiousInspection Author:Scott Ritter
“So the HP guy comes up to me (at the Melbourne conference) and he says, 'If you say nasty things like that to vendors you're not going to get anything'. I said, 'No, in eight years of saying nothing, we've got nothing, and I'm going to start saying nasty things, in the hope that some of these vendors will start giving me money so I'll shut up'.” IfsGivingYearsSaidGuyCome UpEightShut UpNastyConferencesMelbourneVendorsSaying Nothing Author:Theo de Raadt
“Whether we consider Nazi Germany or Abu Ghraib prison, there were many people who observed what was happening and said nothing. At Abu Ghraib, one photo shows two soldiers smiling before a pyramid of naked prisoners while a dozen other soldiers stand around watching passively. If you observe such abuses and don't say, "This is wrong! Stop it!" you give tacit approval to continue. You are part of the silent majority that makes evil deeds more acceptable.” PeopleIfsGivingSaidTwoShowsEvilHappeningsAbuseMajorityPrisonSilentSoldierDeedsNakedGermanyPrisonerDozenAcceptableApprovalNaziPyramidsNazi GermanyTacitAbu GhraibSilent Majority Author:Philip Zimbardo
“May Sarton said, "the deeper you go, the more universal you become." It's a reminder to me that those things I try to convince myself I don't need to admit are usually those things I need the most to say. Speaking the truth, in its most poignant details, is liberating and gives those around us the freedom to be real.” NeedsGivingTryingMaySaidRealUniversalDetailsDeeperConvinceBeing RealRemindersLiberatingSpeak The TruthPoignant Author:Sabrina Ward Harrison
“After 9/11, there were a lot of things being said about how the God of Islam and the God of the Christian faith were one and the same, but that's simply not true ... The God that I worship does not require me to kill other people. The God that I worship tells me I am to love my enemy, to give him food when he's hungry and water when he's thirsty.” PeopleGivingDoeSaidGodChristianWaterEnemyWorshipIslamHungryChristian FaithThirsty Author:Franklin Graham
“Give me an adventure. I'm not talking about some massive adventure. Just something that would make getting fired seem small. Something that I might remember when I'm old." "I can't predict the future," I said, "but based on what little I know so far, I'm afraid it has to be a massive adventure or nothing." "Great!" "Probably the kind of adventure that ends in a mass burial.” KnowsGivingKindLittlesSaidI CanEndsSeemsMightRememberTalkingAdventureMassGive MeMassiveRemember WhenNot TalkingBurialGetting Fired Book:Anathem Source: Anathem
“[On her work in "Keep Your Powder Dry"] I didn't want to do it, but they said if I did it they would give me Undercurrent with Robert Taylor. Then they gave Undercurrent to Katharine Hepburn, so I left MGM.” IfsWantGivingSaidLeftGive MeDryThey SaidPowderHepburnMgm Author:Laraine Day
“Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.” GivingSaidAmericaActorsBeliefStrongAnswersShotsIndiaMarkAll TimeGood ActorsGreat Actors Author:Aamir Khan
“Now, in the sixties we were naive, like children. Everybody went back to their rooms and said 'We didn't get a wonderful world of just flowers and peace and happy chocolate, and it won't be just pretty and beautiful all the time,' and just like babies everyone went back to their rooms and sulked. 'We're going to stay in our rooms and play rock and roll and not do anything else, because the world's a nasty horrible place, because it didn't give us everything we cried for.' Right? Crying for it wasn't enough.” WorldGivingChildrenSaidEnoughPlayBeautifulRoomsWonderfulRocksCryFlowerBabyHorribleChocolateCriedSixtyNastyRock And RollNaiveWonderful World Author:John Lennon
“I love her (Lucifer), with all my heart. She said that she would give me greatness, status, placement above the others.” GivingHeartSaidGreatnessMy HeartGive MeLuciferPlacement Author:Lupe Fiasco
“Yesterday the DEA raided several NFL teams suspected of giving prescription painkillers to their players. In its defense, the New York Jets' doctor said, 'We don't give painkillers to our players. We give them to our fans.'” GivingSaidPlayerTeamFansNew YorkDoctorsDefenseYesterdayNflJetPrescriptionsPainkillers Author:Conan O'Brien
“Mayor de Blasio said that whenever he goes to a Yankee game he gets sick and tired of people booing and giving him the finger. Hey, what do you want? You're the mayor of New York City. It comes with the gig, pal.” PeopleWantGivingSaidGamesCitiesNew YorkSickTiredFingersHeyNew York CityYankeesGigsMayorsPalsBooing Author:David Letterman
“Iran said it will give up trying to make a nuclear weapon. But it got awkward when Iran said, 'But just for Lent. We'll start again on Monday.'” GivingTryingSaidGiving UpWeaponsNuclearIranAwkwardNuclear WeaponsMonday Author:Jimmy Fallon
“... And we talk it out. Lately, I've had Roy Thomas come in, and he sits and makes notes while we discuss it. Then he types them up, which gives us a written synopsis. Originally - I have a little tape recorder - I had tried taping it, but then I found no one on staff has time to listen to the tape again later. But this way he makes notes, types it quickly, I get a carbon, the artist gets a carbon ... so we don't have to worry that we'll forget what we've said.” WayGivingLittlesSaidBookArtistFoundForgetWorryWrittenTypeNotesComicTapeStaffComic BookCarbonRecordersSynopsis Author:Stan Lee
“What would a man of God say, who felt aright, when Joseph asked him for his money? He would say, 'Yes, and I wish I had more to help to build up the Kingdom of God.' Or if he came and said 'I want your wife?' 'O Yes,' he would say, 'here she is, there are plenty more.' ... Did the Prophet Joseph want every man's wife he asked for? He did not... If such a man of God should come to me and say, 'I want your gold and silver, or your wives,' I should say, 'Here they are, I wish I had more to give you, take all I have got.'” IfsMenWantGivingShouldSaidHelpingWishFeltWifeGoldEvery ManKingdomsPlentyProphetSilverI Want YouKingdom Of GodPolygamyGold And SilverMan Of God Author:Jedediah M. Grant
“At one point in my 20s, I was about to quit acting. I'd had a crappy couple of years and I was depressed. My mom said, 'Don't give up! You'll be so mad at yourself.'” GivingYearsSaidActingMomCoupleGiving UpMadMy MomQuittingDon't Give Up Author:Janel Moloney