"The statistician cannot evade the responsibility for understanding the process he applies or recommends."

-- Ronald Fisher

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“All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle â€” keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.”
“To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.”
“Excellent things are rare.”
“The old saying is true, behind every good man theres an incredible woman.”
“According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of man. Wars result from selfishness, from misdirected aggressive impulses, from stupidity.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2010). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.16, Columbia University Press
“But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work”
“There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.”
“We all want Grace, but we cannot enjoy Grace when there is an attitude of comparing.”

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