"A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time."

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Source : George Iles (1918). “Canadian Stories”

George Iles

#Statistics Quotes #Superstitions Quotes #Explanation Quotes

“Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.”

Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. August 2, 2004.
“Who should know better than a cosmetician that human beings are less than rational creatures?”
“I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.”
“So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.”
“Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a team”
“Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular school district, was simply used to illustrate this position.”
“The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one's own powers. This is not to say that we should abandon every goal endorsed by society; rather, it means that, in addition to or instead of the goals others use to bribe us with, we develop a set of our own.”
“I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.”

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