Walter A Shewhart Quotes

#1. He never fell,
never slipped back,
never flew.

John Steinbeck

#2. Rule 1. Original data should be presented in a way that will preserve the evidence in the original data for all the predictions assumed to be useful.

Walter A. Shewhart

#3. Postulate 1. All chance systems of causes are not alike in the sense that they enable us to predict the future in terms of the past.

Walter A. Shewhart

#4. Postulate 3. Assignable causes of variation may be found and eliminated.

Walter A. Shewhart

#5. Both pure and applied science have gradually pushed further and further the requirements for accuracy and precision. However, applied science, particularly in the mass production of interchangeable parts, is even more exacting than pure science in certain matters of accuracy and precision.

Walter A. Shewhart

#6. Susan B. Anthony said that the bicycle did more to emancipate women than any other single thing. The bicycle was linked in the psyches of women at that time as a symbol of practical emancipation. Women could go places, wear their skirts shorter to manage the bicycle, and be independent.

Susan Vreeland

#7. Believing you are a bad person leads to a slippery slope.

Dan Ariely

#8. Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we lowered our expectations. All in all, settled for less.

Emma Donoghue

#9. Devising a mechanism is a lot like solving a puzzle - and gives you the same kind of kick.

Eric Maskin

#10. Postulate 2. Constant systems of chance causes do exist in nature.

Walter A. Shewhart

#11. In America it's all, 'I'm gonna make something of myself, leave my tiny town and go to L.A!' Canadians are like, 'I'm gonna make something of myself, go to L.A., and then come right back again to hang out with my buddies!'

Evan Goldberg

#12. As one veteran Russian pilot dryly told me:We have to be very careful flying in the clouds. Around here they are full of rocks.

Alan Hinkes

#13. The best gift a man gives is one which he himself would like to keep.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#14. Because nothing should be wasted
In a world where sparrows work hard
To prove there is enough.

Gary Soto

#15. If there are frightful monsters in fairy tales, they do not frighten you now, because that kind of monster is no longer going about the world, whatever he may have done long, long ago. He has been turned into stone, and you may see his remains in museums.

Andrew Lang

#16. Trust me, if I did something, you wouldn't be asking. You'd definitely be feeling it for days to come." His green gaze shimmers, challenging me. "I might be a jerk, but I'm the kind of jerk who always lets the woman come first. And not just once.

J.C. Reed