Peters and Waterman, A Quote
Tolerance for failure is a very specific part of the excellent company culture. From In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman, as …
Quotes
Induction, Economics and More
In the Introduction to A Treatise on Political Economy the author, Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), makes some insightful comments on all science: I.1 A SCIENCE only …
Theoretical Statistics Is Practical and Life-Giving
In “The Median Isn’t the Message,” Stephen Jay Gould (evolutionary biologist who taught at Harvard University) wrote: My life has recently intersected, in a most …
Achieving Excellence
Someone wrote on the Internet — see a post on the Moomin Light blog and EDUCAUSE’s Edupage of 28 February 1999: As for Fred Astaire’s …
Rudyard Kipling: A Quote
I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. …
William Blake: A Quote
“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” Quote from Yahoo! Education, which gives the attribution for this quote as: “William …
Samuel Johnson: A Quote
“Man is not weak. … Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.” Quote from Samuel Johnson.com, which gives …
Danica McKellar: A Quote
In the course of reviewing a math book written by Danica McKellar, Math Doesn’t Suck, Denise at Let’s Play Math Blog posted a good quote …
Rejecting the Non-Existent
There is a great deal one can learn about logic and objectivity from mathematics. It is a very important subject to study. In Elementary Mathematical …