PAST QUOTES OF THE MONTH
2007
- Nov/Dec. 2007: "Better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt”, Abraham Lincoln.
- Oct. 2007: "It is odd to think that there is a word for something which stritcly speaking does not exist, namely, rest", Max Born, The
Restless Universe.
- Aug. - Sept. 2007: "Choose a work that you love and you won’t have to work another day", Confucius.
- May-July 2007: “If income was directly proportional to technical proficiency and education, classical and jazz musicians would be some
of the most affluent people in the world”, Robert Coleman.
- April 2007:“As we know, there are known knowns...We also know there are known unknowns...
But there are also unknown unknowns", Donald Rumsfeld.
- 1Q 2007: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future”, Yogi Berra.
2006
- 4Q 2006: "In God we trust, all others bring data", Phil Zarrow, ITM Consulting.
- July / Sept.. 2006: "If your experiment needs statistics, then you ought to have done a better experiment", Ernest Rutherford
- May / June 06: "Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing", Wernher von Braun.
- April 06: "Success is the sum of details", Harvey S. Firestone.
- Feb./ March 06: "I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people", Isaac Newton.
- Jan. 06: "One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever", Chinese proverb.
2005
- Dec. 05: "In this house, we OBEY the laws of thermodynamics!", Homer Simpson.
- Nov. 05: "I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it;
but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind", Lord
Kelvin.
- Oct. 05:"It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded", Isaac Newton.
- Sept. 05: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication", Leonardo da Vinci
- August 05: "With three parameters, I can fit an elephant", Lord Kelvin
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