Cathy O'Neil (Catherine "Cathy" Helen O'Neil) Quotes

We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.

Cathy O'Neil

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• North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • World
  • Country
  • North Korea

• When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Think
  • Light
  • Wise

• I was a happy person before marriage. I'm definitely happier after marriage.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • Happy
  • Marriage
  • Person

• Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • People
  • Music
  • Singing

• I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • God
  • Believe
  • Blessings

• Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Process
  • Filmmaking
  • Editing

• One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.

  

  Jack Dee
  • Life
  • Friends
  • Doing

• Sometimes when you've got too much money you lose your imagination.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Money
  • You
  • Imagination

• The U.K. crowds always have a lot of energy, and I've done some milestone shows there that I'm very proud of.

  

  Damian Marley
  • Done
  • Energy
  • Proud

• When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years.

  

  Carl Levin
  • War
  • Decision
  • Intelligence

• When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on

  

  Adrian Mitchell
  • High
  • Hope
  • Sad

• There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.

  

  Charles Bass
  • Done

• When I first thought about leaving the traditional route of a 9-to-5 career to pursue full-time YouTube, it was terrifying - not many people were doing it. The thought was I have to have money saved up, because this very likely might fail. From the start, I had to give it my all for it to work.

  

  Tyler Oakley
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play in Olympic Games.

  

  Pele
  • Life
  • World
  • Goals

• I am so organized that it's dysfunctional. Everything has a place. I am a very visual person, so my environment is important to me. If my environment is messy, I can't think clearly. I don't like clutter. A clean desk is a clean mind for me.

  

  Alexa Von Tobel
  • Important
  • Mind
  • Environment

• I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.

  

  James D'arcy
  • Why
  • History
  • Strong

• For centuries, economic thinkers, from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes, have tried to identify the elusive formula that makes some countries more prosperous and successful than others. My curiosity about this topic spurred me, as a young professor of economics in the late 1970s, to research new ways of measuring national competitiveness.

  

  Klaus Schwab
  • Curiosity

• One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder.

  

  Ella Maillart
  • Life
  • Wonder
  • Blessed

• There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • Life
  • Good
  • Help

• I love London, but I love traveling, and I don't think I'll be here forever. Possibly, I'd like to move to New York and do a play in New York.

  

  Lily James
  • Forever

• I want to get faster every year, keep my confidence high, so I can continue dominating my main events and extend my range to other freestyle and medley races.

  

  Chad le Clos
  • High
  • Confidence

• I don't follow trends. I'm a trendsetter. I represent all the younger generations; fly kids, creative kids - they look up to me. I got a program that's called ROAR. I go to all high schools everywhere we go, and I talk to all the kids, and I give away 30-35 tickets and passes to the kids doing good in school. Stuff like that means a lot to me.

  

  Micheal Ray Stevenson
  • Up
  • Good
  • School

• It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime, what better place than here? What better time than now?

  

  Zack de la Rocha Rage Against the Machine
  • Time
  • Better Place
  • Rage Against The Machine

• We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.

  

  Cathy O'Neil
  • Math
  • Assuming