Quotes About Analysis

A scientist is no more a collector and classifier of facts than a historian is a man who complies and classifies a chronology of the dates of great battles and major discoveries.

Psychologists are men with nothing in their own minds, searching in the minds of others for an idea-in order to kill it.

Few men are raised in our estimation by being too closely examined.

What was it with men, that they found elementary logic so difficult?

Sometimes I criticize movies. It's not fun to watch a movie with me, because I'll go, "That was a really bad shot." My mom's like, "Shut up, Chloe, watch the film!"

I didn't see the point of judging and analyzing a single moment in someone's life.

A lot of people would rather understand the market than make money

He really meant to tell them that the big money was not in the individual fluctuations but in the main movements that is, not in reading the tape but in sizing up the entire market and its trend.

If you're prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a fifth grader could understand, and quickly enough so the fifth grader won't get bored.

Look down, not up, when making your initial investment decision. If you don't lose money, most of the remaining alternatives are good ones.

Common stock investors can make money by predicting the outcomes of practice evolution. You can't derive this by fundamental analysis - you must think biologically.

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.

I call it the Rule of Three. If you read a company's financial statements three times, and you still can't figure out how they make their money, that's usually for a reason.

Most election analysts in the U.S. habitually confuse the sound of money talking with the voice of the people.

The most important thing here is to largely ignore what customers say, and instead watch what they do or track where they spend money.

Much time and money has gone into computer chess programs, and so far, no one's figured out how to crack the game, which I think speaks to chess's complexity.

It's clearly a budget. It's got lots of numbers in it.

Use 'Why?' to help you follow the breadcrumbs back to the source of the problem.

For years I have read the morning paper and harrumphed. There's a lot to harrumph about now.

Scrum is like your mother-in-law, it points out ALL your faults.

Freud: If it's not one thing, it's your mother

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.

Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.

Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.