"My knowledge of the human psyche is as yet imperfect. Certain areas won't yield to computation."

-- Poul Anderson

#Yield Quotes #Statistics Quotes #Imperfect Quotes

“accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.”

Source : David Guterson (2009). “Snow Falling on Cedars”, p.233, A&C Black
“It wasn't even a matter of what I was photographing, as what had happened to me in the process. When I discovered that I could look at the horror of Belsen --4000 dead and starving lying around-- and think only of a nice photographic composition, I knew something had happened to me and I had to stop. I felt I was like the people running the camp --it didn't mean a thing.”
“Each lodge is an oasis if equality and good will in a desert of strife, working to wield mankind into a great league of sympathy and services, which, by the terms of our definition, it seeks to exhibit now on a small scale.”
“The playmakers need to read the game and need to be on the same page as the defenders and the forwards.”

Source : Source: dutchsoccersite.org
“Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.”
“There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing.”

Source : Interview with Jim Ladd, queenarchives.com. 1977.
“You feel it in there, pacing your heart sometimes, and it has what's called a defibrillator. Should I suffer that arhythmia, it's generally sudden death. And the paddles that are internal shock you back and restore your rhythm to its normal and natural state.”
“The main reason guys will never admit to having even the teeniest clue about what women really want is because if they did, they'd have to do something about it.”

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