Makridakis Quotes

#1. Makridakis and Hibon reached the sad conclusion that "statistically sophisticated or complex methods do not necessarily provide more accurate forecasts than simpler ones.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#2. We are made kind by being kind.

Eric Hoffer

#3. Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I hope we aren't becoming a nation of watchers, because what made us great is that we've always been a nation of doers.

Ronald Reagan

#4. On 'Phoenix,' I talk about thoughts of suicide and my whole life. It's called 'Phoenix' because it's talking about dying - but when a phoenix dies, it's reborn from its own ashes. I related to that.

ASAP Rocky

#5. I grew up playing war. We threw dirt and rocks at each other. We'd lead attacks. We'd break up into squads. It became a neighborhood thing for a while, our neighborhood against the other neighborhood. There was always a war breaking out somewhere.

David James Elliott

#6. It was not Death that stood before me but only Vernon Dickey, my father-in-law.

Don DeLillo

#7. If you gathered together all the shades of blue in the world and picked the bluest, the epitome of blue, this was the color you would choose.

Haruki Murakami

#8. The court does not fly off the handle. It does not shout abuse. It speaks calmly.

Janusz Korczak

#9. China's environmental conundrums will not be solved by changes within government alone. New mechanisms are needed to allow the communities which may be affected by a given plan, and citizens concerned about the environment, to join in.

Ma Jun

#10. Artists, especially writers, great writers, are the most honest people I know. There are deep confessions in their words. And if we're strong enough to expose the spaces between them, we find truths there also.

Darnell Lamont Walker

#11. I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.

Imelda May

#12. Yoga means we go a step further back. In yoga we go to the cause. The cause of pain is not the world. The cause of pain is us.

Frederick Lenz