Darrell Huff Quotes

The purely random sample is the only kind that can be examined with confidence by means of statistical theory, but there is one things wrong with it. It is so difficult and expensive to obtain for many uses that sheer cost eliminates it. A more economical substitute, which is almost universally used in such fields as opinion polling and market research, is called stratified random sampling.

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• I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Opinion
  • Information
  • Talking

• We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Time
  • Real
  • Home

• Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Mean
  • Fighting
  • Meaning

• I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Mean
  • Point
  • Move

• The inertia of the governed cannot be disentangled from the indifference of the government. American leaders have both a circular and a deliberate relationship to public opinion.

  

  Samantha Power
  • American
  • Relationship
  • Government

• I was a pretty difficult teenager.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Pretty
  • Difficult
  • Teenager

• But I think it is more difficult to do a career as a lieder singer, and there have been less lieder singers.

  

  Victoria de los Angeles
  • Think
  • Career
  • Difficult

• The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in the first 10 Amendments - the Bill of Rights. I'm a firm believer in those civil liberties and the ability to have your own opinion.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Time
  • Country
  • Opinion

• I only gave out my opinion that same sex marriage is against the law of God.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • God
  • Law
  • Marriage

• Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale.

  

  Tan Le
  • Understanding
  • Brain
  • Research

• I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates. My opinion wasn't worth as much. I used to sit quietly in meetings and not say anything, as I knew my opinions would be disregarded. And that's after I had become Olympic champion and multiple world champion.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • World
  • Team
  • Respect

• I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.

  

  Marat Safin
  • People
  • Think
  • Attention

• I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • Know
  • Mean
  • Exactly

• Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.

  

  Lars von Trier
  • Way
  • Opinion
  • Force

• The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • You
  • Stop
  • Difficult

• I don't have a Twitter or a Facebook, but that doesn't mean I'm any more productive than the rest of the world.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • World
  • Mean
  • Rest

• It's difficult for any single company to develop all the applications and services.

  

  Ma Huateng
  • Single
  • Difficult
  • Company

• During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet, James Lapine, unbelievably gifted people. So there I was, saying, 'Don't talk to me, I don't want your opinion.' I behaved abominably.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • People
  • Hope
  • Opinion

• There are a lot of hardcore 'Napoleon' fans, and they do the research and find photos of what I look like when I'm not 'Kip-ified.' Those fans recognize me. It happens maybe once a week, where someone will come up to me and be, like, 'Dude, you're Kip.' And I'm, like, 'Yeah, my name's Aaron.'

  

  Aaron Ruell
  • Up
  • Name
  • Week

• Don't get in arguments with your coaches. If you have a certain opinion, express it to the best of your ability. But don't get on his bad side.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Bad
  • Best
  • Opinion

• There are guerrilla armies that make little boys kill their own families. Such acts rip out the soul and make space for beasts to grow inside. Armies need beasts, don’t they? Pet beasts, to do their terrible work!

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Work
  • Soul
  • Space

• It's rare for anyone to value the opinions of a teenage girl.

  

  Billie Eilish
  • Girl
  • Value

• When there's love enough you can stand anything. When there isn't, you can stand nothing. Living together every day you find out a lot you didn't know, and love can't keep still. It's got to grow or die.

  

  Kate Langley Bosher
  • Together
  • Enough
  • Knows

• The purely random sample is the only kind that can be examined with confidence by means of statistical theory, but there is one things wrong with it. It is so difficult and expensive to obtain for many uses that sheer cost eliminates it. A more economical substitute, which is almost universally used in such fields as opinion polling and market research, is called stratified random sampling.

  

  Darrell Huff
  • Mean
  • Opinion
  • Difficult