George W. Buck Quotes

Statistics don't lie. It's the people who make up the statistics that lie.

George W. Buck

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• The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.

  

  Adam Hochschild
  • World
  • War
  • First

• I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Long
  • Art
  • Remember

• The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.

  

  Rafael Correa
  • Great
  • Sin
  • Construction

• Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

  

  Daniel Dennett
  • Culture
  • Fast
  • Biology

• I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Think
  • Style
  • Reflect

• I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Sunday
  • Superstitions
  • Socks

• Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.

  

  Hans Haacke
  • Art
  • Society
  • Learn

• The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Joy
  • Winning
  • Win

• Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.

  

  Sam Levenson
  • Children
  • Child
  • Beast

• I believe we can, and must, strike a balance between our shared American values of religious liberty and freedom from discrimination. My concerns lie with the possible consequences of politically-driven legislation which claims to promote religious liberty but instead rolls back the legal protections held by LGBT Americans.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Believe
  • American
  • Freedom

• We are reinventing ourselves as a company. Compaq is taking ownership of its customer relationships and accountability of our customer's needs.

  

  Eckhard Pfeiffer
  • Company
  • Accountability

• Happiness is very simple and minimal.

  

  Tablo
  • Simple
  • Happiness
  • Very

• I don't think I can sell to our voters in our district that there's nothing to cut in the federal budget. Nobody, I think, sees that or would agree with that.

  

  Ralph Norman
  • Think
  • Nobody
  • Budget

• One who loves God sees everything in relation to God. Therefore, their love flows spontaneously toward everyone, at all times, everywhere. They even love those who wish them harm. If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die; rather, it manifests in the form.

  

  Radhanath Swami
  • God
  • Love
  • Die

• So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go. One of the most daring things I've done is drop out of graduate school. I had no job, but something inside me was saying, 'Go! Be in the world!' I had to listen to myself, and it worked out. I still think, 'Who was that girl?'

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • World
  • School
  • Done

• The joke around my office is that I've shaken many hands, but I've petted more dogs.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Hands
  • Office
  • Dogs

• My breasts have had a brilliant career. I've just tagged along for the ride.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Career

• An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world.

  

  Matt Taibbi
  • World
  • Wall

• It may seem difficult at first, but eating more high-nutrient foods reduces the desire for low-nutrient foods; it becomes easier with time.

  

  Joel Fuhrman
  • Time
  • May
  • High

• I am moved by fancies that are curledAround these images, and cling:The notion of some infinitely gentleInfinitely suffering thing.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Suffering

• There is something about someone making a fantastic sandwich, taking care to spread lots of mayo all the way to the edges. Making sure every bite has a bit of everything in it. There's something special about that.

  

  April Bloomfield

• I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love if they had a chance to hear it.

  

  Anna Netrebko
  • People
  • Believe
  • Desire

• When I was an undergrad at Stanford, there was a girl named Jennie Kim who worked for the school newspaper. Sometimes people would come up to me and talk to me about articles she had written. 'That one on getting a Brazilian was hilarious', some guy said, high-fiving me.

  

  Jenny Zhang
  • People
  • Up
  • School

• Statistics don't lie. It's the people who make up the statistics that lie.

  

  George W. Buck
  • People
  • Lie
  • Statistics