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Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.
Russell Baker

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“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.”
Bob Hoperss@quotationspage.com (Quotes of the Day) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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“I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.”
Rita Rudnerrss@quotationspage.com (Quotes of the Day) Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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“The only function of climate forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”

If we are uncomfortable with economics forecasting why do we think we can do a better job forecasting climate changes with even less empirical data?

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“Where facts are few, experts are many.”

Donald R. Gannon
I guess this sums up my opinion about climate change predictions.

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“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.”
Albert Einstein

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“Don’t you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’ but it doesn’t work.”
Gallagher

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Recently I saw an article on the Register that caused me to think about the basics of statistics again. Although I have learned a lot about statistics in the class room, that is not enough. It is through the frustrations of real life applications that you learn the true nature of statistics. As Benjamin Disraeli [...]

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“A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.”
William James
This quote reminded me of a bonus feature that came with the DVD for “Children of Men” called “The Possibility of Hope”. The movie was a good sci-fi movie if you did not think too much about how humans had [...]

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Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you’re good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe… combat some of the ugliness in the world.
Source: Quote Details: Goldie Hawn: Once you can laugh… - The Quotations Page

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