Quotation of the day

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."


Kline, Morris

"Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance."

In N. Rose Mathematical Maxims and Minims, Raleigh NC:Rome Press Inc., 1988

Blaise Pascal: ( damn, he wrote many quotations ....... 😛)

"Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a glance and are not used to seeking for first principles. Those, on the other hand, who are accustomed to reason from first principles do not understand matters of feeling at all, because they look for first principles and are unable to comprehend at a glance."

W. H. Auden and L. Kronenberger (eds.) The Viking Book of Aphorisms, New York: Viking Press, 1966.

There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
--George Carlin

Originally posted by phisherman
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
--George Carlin

hows about that one from Reservoir Dogs (anybody seen that), where he talks about Madonna and "We have Instincts, or do we..." or something like that. Surely someone from the Reservoir Dogs clan can help.

Originally posted by D43M0N
hows about that one from Reservoir Dogs (anybody seen that), where he talks about Madonna and "We have Instincts, or do we..." or something like that. Surely someone from the Reservoir Dogs clan can help.

Originally posted by phisherman
I don't know what you're talking about, but here's a good one

"I don't tip because society says I have to. Alright, I mean I'll tip if somebody really deserves a tip, if they really put forth the effort, I'll give 'em something extra, but I mean this tipping automatically is for the birds. I mean as far as I'm concerned they're just doing their job..."
--Mr. Pink
(Reservoir Dogs)

Originally posted by royalchicken
While we're Tarantino-ating:

'The path of the righteous is beset on all sides by the inequities of the wicked and the tyrranies of evil men. Blessed is he who sheperds the meek through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I shall strike down with great vengeance and furious anger on th ...[text shortened]... troy my brothers. And YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD when I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON YOU!'

Originally posted by bbarr
lol, that should be your yearbook quote.

Originally posted by royalchicken
I think I'll do that. Screw all of the fancy little double-dactyls I wrote...

some beautiful stuff ivanhoe! how's this one for the collection:

"logic, logic, logic. logic is only the beginning of wisdom."
mr. spock

🙂

Originally posted by royalchicken
While we're Tarantino-ating:

'The path of the righteous is beset on all sides by the inequities of the wicked and the tyrranies of evil men. Blessed is he who sheperds the meek through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his ...[text shortened]... L KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD when I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON YOU!'