Ben Goldacre Quotes

Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.

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• I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.

  

  Radha Mitchell
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.

  

  J. Martin Kohe
  • You
  • Day
  • Everyday

• My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.

  

  Gary Hume
  • She
  • Always
  • Poetry

• My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • Life
  • Identity
  • My Life

• I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Know
  • Never
  • Gun

• Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.

  

  Cameron van der Burgh
  • Career
  • Never
  • Swimming

• Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • Attention
  • Always
  • See

• People don't care about questionnaires.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • People
  • Care
  • About

• Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.

  

  Samuel P. Huntington
  • World
  • Relationship
  • Unique

• Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back and hear a demo of it and they'll say, 'Aw that sounds so much better than the final mix.'

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • People
  • Always
  • Better

• I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree.

  

  Ted Shackelford
  • Men
  • College
  • Back

• No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.

  

  Larry McMurtry
  • Great
  • Money
  • Success

• After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Lost
  • Alone
  • Risk

• It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • Think
  • Soul
  • Funny

• Women have a lot of... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Up
  • Long
  • Women

• I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Reborn
  • Sanctuary

• As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Woman
  • Young
  • Name

• I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.

  

  Laura Donnelly
  • Mind
  • Problem
  • Fall

• Brainwashed from rock and rap.

  

  Eminem
  • Rock
  • Rap

• It was a nice change of pace to come to work, put on a nice suit and stay clean all day.

  

  Liam Hemsworth
  • Work
  • Nice

• I don't know what metalcore is. I know what rock n' roll is... It's not rocket science.

  

  Andy Biersack Black Veil Brides
  • Science
  • Rock

• You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.” “Yeah,” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Power
  • Hand

• We were mainly concerned about nudity - how much could be shown in 1959 and how much would convey, without being gratuitous, the terror of being attacked naked and wet.

  

  Joseph Stefano
  • Nudity
  • Attacked
  • Convey

• Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.

  

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