The best causes tend to attract to their support the worst arguments, which seems to be equally true in the intellectual and in the moral sense.

To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.

The statistician cannot excuse himself from the duty of getting his head clear on the principles of scientific inference, but equally no other thinking man can avoid a like obligation.

Faith does not mean credulity...

No efforts of mine could avail to make the book easy reading.

The statistician cannot evade the responsibility for understanding the process he applies or recommends.

The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change.

The best time to plan an experiment is after you've done it.

The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.

The so-called co-efficient of heritability, which I regard as one of those unfortunate short-cuts, which have often emerged in biometry for lack of a more thorough analysis of the data.

This is perhaps the most important book on evolutionary genetics ever written

Suspense was an excellent tool for keeping powerful people off balance. It gave one bargaining power.

It is what we think we know that keeps us from learning.

Sometimes, it's hard to separate manager mode from mom mode. I think, as our manager, my mom will get more emotional about situations than she would if she was just our manager.

Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

My biggest complaint about customer service is that I am put on hold too long.

Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.

Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.

My life and creative work are justified and completed by Blade Runner.

Competition and the market are like water, they go where they want

I used to dream about him all the time," Sunny whispered to me. "Every night. I kept hoping the Seekers would find him; I missed him so much...When I saw him, I thought it was the old dream again.