Analysis Quotes

“The most important thing to remember about polling is that it's a snapshot, not a prediction.”

“Be able to correctly analyze a situation, without emotion, and act on your analysis.”

“I don't really listen to music for pleasure much anymore. I listen to it to see how it's made.”

“I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor... but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself.”

“The song is a sort of study in unconscious cruelty.”

“It's a game of two halves.”

“The man is a thinking, feeling machine, and when I say machine, I mean it in the nicest possible way.”

“Holmes had a cat-like mind. He was a creature of the night. He was a drug addict. He was a lonely man.”

“I think the success of 'Garfield' is its universality.”

“My main concern is that we're not getting to the root of the problem.”

“I think the Batman is a lonely character, and that's what's so interesting about him.”

“It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.”

“I think C-3PO is a classic hero. He's not a warrior, he's not a soldier... he's a worrier.”

“Knowledge is not for knowing: knowledge is for cutting.”

“It is the customary task of the social sciences to be wise after the event.”

“I think the music for 'Drive' was so successful because it was a character in the film.”

“Get the data.”

“Don't just read the headlines; read the trend lines.”

“Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.”

“The story of Billie Joe has two more interesting underlying themes. First, the illustration of a group of people's reactions to the life and death of one of their own. Second, the obvious gap between the girl and her mother when they are talking about the event.”