"Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance."

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Morris Kline

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“This is a truism of child-raising, of course - whatever you give special time and attention to cooking, your children will despise and reject, with annoying gagging sounds.”
“Pain is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Death is nature's way of telling you to stop.”
“I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2008.
“Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.”
“A victory? What have we won? We've won a rock in the middle of a wasteland, on the shores of a poisoned sea.”
“The most memorable moment was playing drums with Bob Dylan.”

Source : TV.com Interview, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.
“I think if everyone is clean, then who cares about how you're tested?”
“The most questionable thing I did was make Superman a government agent. If this had been a Superman story, I'd never have done that - and I know that, because I have a Superman story I want to tell someday. In this story, Batman was the hero, so the world was built around him.”

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