Walter A. Shewhart Quotes
Every sentence in order to have definite scientific meaning must be practically or at least theoretically verifiable as either true or false upon the basis of experimental measurements either practically or theoretically obtainable by carrying out a definite and previously specified operation in the future. The meaning of such a sentence is the method of its verification.
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People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.
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An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.
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Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.
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In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.
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The only enemy of innocence and beauty is time.
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Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.
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Remember that the worst accidents occur in the middle of the road.
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Don't ever take advice from anyone who starts a sentence with, 'You may not like me for this, but it's for your own good - ' It never is.
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The compensation for a death sentence is the knowledge of the exact hour when one is to die. A great luxury, but one that is well earned.
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It has taken me 20 years to eliminate the unnecessary elements from my work.
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Every sentence in order to have definite scientific meaning must be practically or at least theoretically verifiable as either true or false upon the basis of experimental measurements either practically or theoretically obtainable by carrying out a definite and previously specified operation in the future. The meaning of such a sentence is the method of its verification.
