"Postulate 1. All chance systems of causes are not alike in the sense that they enable us to predict the future in terms of the past."

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Source : "Economic Control of Quality of Manufactured Product" by Walter A. Shewhart, (p. 8), 1931.

Walter A. Shewhart

#Past Quotes #Causes Quotes #Chance Quotes

“I'm just looking to get through the day.”
“Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone, have now started a theory that Cervantes's work is a vast piece of "symbolism." If so, Cervantes didn't know it himself and nobody thought of it for three hundred years. He meant it as a satire upon the silly romances of chivalry.”
“Jealous?' Luce asked. They were alone now. She threw her arms around his broad shoulders and looked deep into his violet eyes. 'Why would you be jealous?' 'Because,' he said, rubbing his hands across her back. 'Your dance card is full. For all eternity.”
“The Constitution of our country [was] formed by the Fathers of liberty... Exalt the standard of Democracy! Down with that of priestcraft, and let all the people say Amen! that the blood of our fathers may not cry from the ground against us. Sacred is the memory of that blood which bought for us our liberty.”
“Even if you're the best singer in the world, there's a good chance no one will ever hear you.”
“Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.”
“Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave, And only cowards dare affront a woman.”

Source : George Farquhar (1759). “The Constant Couple, Or, a Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal at Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants”, p.65
“Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money.”

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