... the actual and physical conduct of an experiment must govern the statistical procedure of its interpretation.

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

When we pray for guidance in a group, we create a positive force field and align our personal energies towards a single direction.

There is no sacrifice for nothing

That was the danger of nostalgia, Drizzt realized. One often remembered the good of the past while forgetting the troubles.

Everybody grows up with comedy. I mean, Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing.

Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written prose style is utterly unlike the spoken word.

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.

We're not perfect, we're not clean cut. We're just trying to be ourselves.

I was the kind of child who always poked around wherever there was fear: to see what kind of a creature fear was.

Love is a condition where the world seems to be standing still, and it's you who are spinning on your axis.

The only thing I smoke is my competition