Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

  • -- Evan Esar 埃文·伊萨尔

统计学的定义:从可靠的数字中得出不可靠的事实的科学。

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I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high school plays. But when I discovered indie and punk music in high school, those things sort of took over.

我总是被表演所吸引。我在暑假参加即兴表演和表演班,并参与了中学和高中的戏剧表演。但当我在高中发现独立音乐和朋克音乐时,这些东西就占据了上风。

We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you've been told.

我们从小到大都是听着社会上伟大人物的故事长大的,随着年龄的增长,你必须质疑别人告诉你的故事,并判断这些伟大人物是否真的像别人告诉你的那样伟大。

The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous.

与无意识地忽视动物的精神生活相比,无意识地歪曲事实几乎是无害的,直到它接近不寻常和不可思议的地步。

I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage.

我以为离婚统计数字对我不适用。当他们那样做的时候,我伤心透了。但我还是站了起来,继续干下去。我也保持着对婚姻的信仰。

Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

建立在人类基础上的希望、人为的哲学或任何制度总是放错地方……因为这些事情不可靠,转瞬即逝。

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。

I don't want to say work is who I am, but some people feel more centered and more whole when they're producing and creating.

我不想说工作就是我,但有些人在生产和创造的时候会觉得更有中心,更完整。

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

我们在斗争中可能失败的可能性不应阻止我们支持我们认为是正义的事业。

It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation.

只有小企业主才能提供真正有利可图和可靠的纳税材料。他天生擅长纳税。

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样,我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。

The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.

有关事实的某些问题的重要性将是本系统结构所固有的。

In any small town, sports are really important to the high school, and I wasn't very good at sports.

在任何一个小镇,体育对高中来说都是非常重要的,而我并不擅长体育。

The ultimate definition of bravery is not being afraid of who you are.

勇敢的终极定义不是害怕你是谁。

That's just the way this business works. You're a reliable commodity.

这就是这个行业的运作方式。你是一个可靠的商品。

Everybody has a different definition of the good side.

每个人对好的一面都有不同的定义。