My Favorite Quotes...
“The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us.”
~Kenneth L. Pike (Michigan '42)
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
~Albert Einstein
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
~Albert Einstein
"It's better to be hated for who you are, then loved for who you're not."
~Andre Gide
"Most people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so."
~Bertrand Russell
"If a distinguished senior scientist tells you something is possible, he's almost always right. If a distinguished senior scientist tells you something is impossible, he's almost always wrong."
"Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. "
~Mark Twain
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace.
We ask not your council or arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains sit lightly upon you.
and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen"
~Samuel Adams
"All models are wrong; some models are useful"
~George Box
~Kenneth L. Pike (Michigan '42)
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
~Albert Einstein
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
~Albert Einstein
"It's better to be hated for who you are, then loved for who you're not."
~Andre Gide
"Most people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so."
~Bertrand Russell
"If a distinguished senior scientist tells you something is possible, he's almost always right. If a distinguished senior scientist tells you something is impossible, he's almost always wrong."
"Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. "
~Mark Twain
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace.
We ask not your council or arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains sit lightly upon you.
and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen"
~Samuel Adams
"All models are wrong; some models are useful"
~George Box
