#figures

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures. ↗

— W. Edwards Deming

#figures #get #whenever #will #wrong

Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome. ↗

— Don Bluth

#authority figures #better #call #cost #definitely

I find more people want to eat a little less. My generation, we're all watching our figures. They want to go to the bar and eat a few snacks, have a couple of cocktails or glasses of wine, and go home. People don't sit down at the table and have a whole three or four courses. ↗

— Todd English

#cocktails #couple #courses #down #eat

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either. ↗

— Evan Esar

#analysis #believes #definition #either #figures

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#always #authority #authority figures #because #figures

I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#home #i #then #values #world

I can understand why some of these drummers and bass players become cult figures with all of their equipment and the incredible amount of technique they have. But there's very little that I think satisfies you intellectually or emotionally. ↗

— Ken Burns

#bass #bass players #become #cult #drummers

Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money. ↗

— Mackenzie Crook

#again #been #box #buying #collecting

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all. ↗

— Alice Walker

#constantly #dearly #enjoyed #father #figures

In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

#been #book #eight #figures #five