Some of my Favorite Quotes

A list of some of my favorite quotes and/or metaphors. I make no claims that they are wise, useful, or anything else.

• “They don’t think it be like it is but it do” – Oscar Gamble
• “When you get to a fork in the road, take it” – Yogi Berra
• “I don’t advise it, you understand, but it can be done. (Provided you have the right stuff)” – The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
• “re-ran the tape” -Stephen Gould (in reference to a replay of evolution and life)
• “Statisticians, like artists, have the bad habit of falling in love with their models.” – George Box
• “The size of C is a compromise.” – CEP
• “Consistency is the least we can ask for.” – B&D
• “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.” – Benjamin Brewster (not Einstein nor Yogi Berra)
• “The bureaucracy is expanding, to meet the needs of of the expanding bureaucracy.” – Oscar Wilde
• “At one time I asked how many Merkavas had been produced, and I was told that this information was classified. I found it amusing, because there was a serial number on each tank chassis.” – Colonel Trevor Dupuy