Poisson Quotes

#1. I thought English is a strange language. Now I think French is even more strange. In France, their fish is poisson, their bread is pain, and their pancake is crepe. Pain and poison and crap. That's what they have every day.

Xiaolu Guo

#2. An Englishman was reflecting on the different words that people use for fish. 'Isn't it strange,' he said, 'that the French say le poisson, the Spanish say el pescado, and the English call it fish - which is what it is.'

Alexander McCall Smith

#3. Riddler: You want to tell me who you killed and why?
Catwoman: We didn't kill anyone
Poisson Ivy: Well, not yesterday

Paul Dini

#4. There is an easy way to remember the formula for Pblock by relating it to the Poisson distribution. Can you see what it is?

Mor Harchol-Balter

#5. One man's fish is another man's poisson.

Mark Gatiss

#6. Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics.

Simeon Denis Poisson

#7. I am not going to say much about the film 'Maidentrip,' but I won't be representing it, as I am not fully standing behind it.

Laura Dekker

#8. Maybe you won't rock a cradle, Muriel. Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat.

Helen Frost

#9. I also like men who have hands with big masculine veins that you can squish and move.

Jolene Blalock

#10. Three worldly things have been made dear to me: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and reading the Qur'an.

Uthman Ibn Affan

#11. Kindness gives courage.

Debasish Mridha

#12. The probability of an event is the reason we have to believe that it has taken place, or that it will take place.
The measure of the probability of an event is the ratio of the number of cases favourable to that event, to the total number of cases favourable or contrary, and all equally possible.

Simeon Denis Poisson

#13. Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it aside. Go for a swim, go for a walk, take a week off. Don't panic or be afraid; you and your characters are in it together. Trust them to come to your rescue.

Deborah Moggach

#14. Life is only good for two things, doing mathematics and teaching it.

Simeon Denis Poisson