The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus. – Laplace, Théorie analytique des probabilités, 1820 Category: Statistics
He used statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts; for support rather than illumination. – Andrew Lang Category: Statistics
We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect. – John Kenneth Galbraith Category: Intelligence
No useful man has time to go back and rub out his unfortunate foot prints. – Author unknown, from Dallas-Galveston News, c.1894 Category: Wise Words
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. – Orson Welles Category: Dieting
