"I believe sanity and realism can be restored to the teaching of Mathematical Statistics most easily and directly by entrusting such teaching largely to men and women who have had personal experience of research in the Natural Sciences."

-- Ronald Fisher

#Believe Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Men Quotes

“The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.”

Source : Benjamin Robert Haydon (1853). “Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter”, p.52
“Science is a way of life which can only flourish when men are free to have faith.”
“The only reason you are happy is because you choose to be happy. Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.”
“When I last went to Italy, over two years ago, I had a lot more trouble understanding the language than I used to when I lived there for a year. I used to speak very little but I could understand very well.”
“My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you're floating. Floating in midair. And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person's eyes. They're connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away.”

Source : Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.14, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“I wouldn't let anyone say a bad word about Cheryl Cole.”
“Cricket is battle and service and sport and art.”
“One of the blessings that comes with parental territory is that children tug you into experiences you're pretty sure you'd never otherwise contemplate.”

Source : Nancy Mairs (2001). “Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled”, p.196, Beacon Press

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