Quotes about Analysis

These people could appreciate me and take me for granted, and these men would fall in love with me and admire me, whereas the clever men I meet would just analyze me and tell me I'm this because of this or that because of that. —Anthony for the moment wanted fiercely to paint her, to set her down now, as she was, as, as with each relentless second she could never be again. What

It is not true that a man's intellectual power is, like the strength of a timber beam, to be measured by its weakest point.

A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read.

Up to five goals is journalism. After that, it becomes statistics.

Statistics can be made to prove anything - even the truth.

To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of his purpose.

Mentat, solve thyself, he thought.

The problem with real estate is that it's local. You have to understand the local market.

Very few of us understand Honorable Bird, except to acknowledge that without his power and grace nothing would be written, painted, or composed at all. To say anything beyond this about the creative process is like pulling all the petals off a flower in order to analyze it, and ending up having destroyed the flower.

The more complex the world situation becomes, the more scientific and rational analysis you have to have, the less you can do with simple good will and sentiment.

Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought.

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it, and the frog generally dies as a result.