Quotes About Analysis

learn to program by looking at good programs — not just at what they do, but at the source code.

Most popular accounts of science and many philosophical analyses are therefor chimeras, pure and simple. They are distorted and misleading as a history of art which regards paintings as natural phenomena of a special kind without ever mentioning the individuals lingering in their neighborhood when they first appear.

Businesspeople are not used to thinking about closed systems;economists are.

The answer to these questions, I'd argue, is that there are actually three major motives behind Trumpist policy, which we can label Manhood, McConnell, and Moola.

I hear that several journalists were very angry after I joked in my column that if Bush said the world was flat, the headline on the news analysis would read 'Shape of Earth: Views Differ' --- each of the journalists thought I was making fun of him.

Successful stock-picking isn't mysterious, but it does take some time, effort, and analysis. And the effort is worthwhile because stocks are a convenient and important part of most investors' portfolios.

When figuring out what to do in the investment world, most professionals use one of two basic approaches: fundamental analysis and technical analysis (many use some combination of the two).

Beta is a statistical measure that attempts to give the investor a clue as to how volatile a stock may be.

Check out what's happening when you hear about heavier-than-usual volume (especially if you already own the stock).

Good investment selection means looking at several sources before you decide on a stock.

Why is it . . . that an Englishman is unhappy until he has explained America?

He analyses every strategy and asks: what would I do if I had to fight myself? He thus discover his weak points.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

There are 3 questions that would destroy most of the arguments of the Left. The first is - compared to what? The second is - at what cost? And the third is - what hard evidence do you have?

A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." Charles Darwin

I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do.

One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.

A man's mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.

Some people have made the argument, well, Donald Trump is bad, but Hillary Clinton may be worse, or there's really no difference. That's insane. That's completely insane.

When an arguer argues dispassionately he thinks only of the argument.

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.

Scholarship is polite argument.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.

Chess is the art of analysis.