"Perfect humility dispenses with modesty."

-- C. S. Lewis

#Humility Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Modesty Quotes

“All models are wrong, but some are useful.”

Source : George E. P. Box, Norman R. Draper (2007). “Response Surfaces, Mixtures, and Ridge Analyses”, p.414, John Wiley & Sons
“I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.”
“Those who want luxury cars should buy them at market rates and not ... abuse public funds.”
“If you defy the system long enough you'll be rewarded. At first life takes revenge and reduces you to a sniveling mess. But keep sniveling, have the madness, the audacity, to do what interests you, forget about your pension, and eventually life will say all right, we'll let you do it.”

Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.265, iUniverse
“I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.”
“Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself.”
“They may be big in Switzerland, but so are yodellers, and nobody wants to watch them fight. Heavyweight title fights should be huge events, not an afterthought in a country most famous for producing chocolate.”
“Artists live with God â€“ but give their little finger to Satan. I sleep with the angels and dream of the devil.”

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