Spencer Silver quote: "If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this. -- Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M Post-It Notepads."

I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you sh...
NATE SILVER

If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking ...
NATE SILVER

People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they a...
NATE SILVER

There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.
NATE SILVER

We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wr...
NATE SILVER

I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs.
NATE SILVER

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.
NATE SILVER

You get steely nerves playing poker.
NATE SILVER

Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things...
NATE SILVER

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pur...
NATE SILVER

If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
NATE SILVER

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen.
NATE SILVER

When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an...
NATE SILVER

Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library ...
NATE SILVER

The Protestant Reformation had a lot to do with the printing press, where Martin Luther's theses...
NATE SILVER

The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself to quantitative information.
NATE SILVER

We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
NATE SILVER

The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.
NATE SILVER

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and ...
NATE SILVER

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.
NATE SILVER

Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold strea...
NATE SILVER

Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in...
NATE SILVER

First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political vi...
NATE SILVER

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.
RON SILVER

Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
NATE SILVER

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.
HORACE SILVER

Technology is changing the world; it's changing our sport. It's changing the way people are ...
ADAM SILVER

People attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting.
NATE SILVER

There's still technical buying and there's no selling. You've got strikes and new labor disputes com...
ANDREW SILVER

Group 2 is stacked. The end of May could be great. It's exactly what we want. The caliber of ball we...
ANDREW SILVER

It's certainly fund business today. The trouble is that they can't get enough of the metals without ...
ANDREW SILVER

Zinc stockpiles keep coming down. Consumers are still buying at high prices.
ANDREW SILVER

The market has been pushed up by a lot of fund buying.
ANDREW SILVER

We are not in a bear market, but the bull market has been put on hold for the time being.
ANDREW SILVER

Investors are shifting their attention to other metals and soft commodities.
ANDREW SILVER

It's a sign that spare metal is around.
ANDREW SILVER

More copper will arrive. Still, it's not going to be a big gain.
ANDREW SILVER

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what ...
RON SILVER

It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
JOEL SILVER

The thing that people associate with expertise, authoritativeness, kind of with a capital 'A,...
NATE SILVER

On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to pl...
NATE SILVER

Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the...
JOEL SILVER

By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thou...
NATE SILVER

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scal...
RON SILVER

I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
NATE SILVER

I ran track. I ran cross country. But I did not play organized basketball in high school, at least o...
ADAM SILVER

My major concern heading into the season is scoring goals,
CASEY SILVER

Elizabeth is focused, is a very good leader, and has great stickwork and the ability to beat defende...
CASEY SILVER

As chairman and CEO for the past three years, I am very proud of the films released during that time...
CASEY SILVER

Krystal is experienced, works at her game and is a strong hitter, ... Hannah is very versatile and c...
CASEY SILVER

Hannah just picked up the game last year and she is very quick, ... Ellie is playing with more confi...
CASEY SILVER

Lindsey is very fundamentally sound and consistent, ... She is a heady player who works hard on her ...
CASEY SILVER

Valerie's skills are developing rapidly, ... Her stickwork is much improved and she is a pleasant su...
CASEY SILVER

We have only two seniors, and many of the juniors are up from the junior varsity team, ... How they ...
CASEY SILVER

I've spent almost 12 years at Universal Pictures, and it has been a rewarding experience enabling me...
CASEY SILVER

I thought we played hard and didn't quit, ... Kate Epstein was outstanding defensive for us.
CASEY SILVER

I've just always been a bit of a dork.
NATE SILVER

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to.
RON SILVER

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want mov...
JOEL SILVER

I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I w...
JOEL SILVER

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.
RON SILVER

I always had the ability to throw a frisbee pretty well. I don't why.
JOEL SILVER

I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I...
JOEL SILVER

I'm a huge fan of the game. It's beyond a fringe benefit of obviously getting to work at the...
ADAM SILVER

I just like to use the football analogy. I'm the head coach and my job is to direct the team down th...
CRAIG SILVER

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of...
RON SILVER

I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots.
JOSH SILVER

Basketball is so unique. It's both a team and an individual sport.
ADAM SILVER

I'm not coming in as an advocate of sports gambling. I'm trying to be more of a realist to s...
ADAM SILVER

The Houselands. Graveyard to the ones
who got locked out. A chill ran up London’s spine. What...
ANNA SILVER

The idea of a youth-based society that you live in for a certain time and then you no longer live an...
JOEL SILVER

I don't think he's ever jumped away from the needle.
SCOTT SILVER

That's what makes the game so cruel. On one side, I have to be happy with the way we played. We move...
STEVE SILVER

We're not the millionaires that people think when they see busses.
JOSH SILVER

A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
NATE SILVER

This all feels so familiar. Jackson said a lot of these things to me the first time I got pulled. I ...
EVE SILVER

We needed an actor who could convey the character's blend of optimism, recklessness, misguided persi...
JOEL SILVER

I didn't write the book in sequence. If I got stuck I started a new chapter. I didn't know where it ...
DON SILVER

Like all of us, we have pretty serious mood swings.
JOSH SILVER

The action genre is kind of designed for a young male audience. But we found on 'The Matrix'...
JOEL SILVER

I like the all-around ability of Casey Silver and she makes players around her better,
CASEY SILVER

The genre is not going to die. It's a great genre. You just need to find ways to make it fresh.
JOEL SILVER

As most movie executives know, the busy award season can generate significant revenue opportunities ...
BRADLEY SILVER

There's a long battle ahead. With these other players doing well, BlackBerry may suffer.
BRADLEY SILVER

Most of you will have heard the maxim "correlation does not imply causation." Just because two varia...
NATE SILVER

Ninety-five percent of campus buildings and three of five dorms [north campus] are cooled and heated...
DOUG SILVER

They could either go to Target or try to find another toy retailer like K-B Toys. You would think Ta...
JIM SILVER

I don't claim to know how to sell anything. I'm a geek.
JOEL SILVER

The way I see it, the toy industry is no longer just about toys per se. I call it the family enterta...
JIM SILVER

Catherine was a part-time starter last season and has a strong hit, ... Hillary has worked really ha...
CASEY SILVER

Over $500 million last year was spent on Harry Potter toys and this year is expected to be even bigg...
JIM SILVER

I don't think this is a show about the priesthood. This is a show about guys who are discerning thei...
DARRYL SILVER

To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute ...
NATE SILVER

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating...
NATE SILVER

Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a G...
NATE SILVER

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.
RON SILVER

It's just a great, legendary comic book hero and it's one that has never been kind of been b...
JOEL SILVER

I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and playe...
HORACE SILVER

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.
RON SILVER

That was a good effort. It was one of the best we've had against a quality team after the first quar...
MIKE SILVER

Mal dragged the last few inches of the sword free of his flesh, wincing at the raw pain. She's stabb...
EVE SILVER

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic inter...
RON SILVER

Emily is very capable but must remain focused, ... She knows her angles, and makes good stops and cl...
CASEY SILVER

Casey is the best all-around player on the team,
CASEY SILVER

Well, I love Pink Floyd, so I wouldn't be offended by it. I only intentionally robbed them three...
JOSH SILVER

American Girl had done it strictly catalog and online, before they built the three stores. They deve...
JIM SILVER

When I realized when (Stardust) was born, that sort of ignited an interest I had in the late '60s, ....
DON SILVER

I really feel like the dark side of the '60s began in that period, ... I wanted to explore that and ...
DON SILVER

I was 12 in 1968. From a serious kid's vantage point this was a terrifying time to grow up,
DON SILVER

That was the start of an incredible year,
DON SILVER

I worked on inventing their connection and how the 60s influenced their lives. It helps that I've al...
DON SILVER

I focused on the stories of individual people rather than making this a kind of polemic,
DON SILVER

It made a mockery of everything that came before ideologically. There was no message to their action...
DON SILVER

After I got sick and beat it I decided I was going to write because that is what I really wanted to ...
DON SILVER

Someone didn't take their slot and the director called me and asked me to join. I had the feeling th...
DON SILVER

I forced myself to write every day, seven days a week for as much time as I could spare,
DON SILVER

Microsoft is going to be feeling more pressure, especially as applications get to be more OS -agnost...
MICHAEL SILVER

These include high voltage electricity, extremely hot-water pipes, oxygen-deprived air, etc. Student...
DOUG SILVER

The manholes located along these pipes are subject to water collection from several potential source...
DOUG SILVER

For the most part, the utility manholes are located along the piping networks in order to provide ac...
DOUG SILVER

I will always continue to make stupid action films but I think 'V For Vendetta' is a very sm...
JOEL SILVER

I'm sure that's a long way down the line. But probably not as long as you think.
CRAIG SILVER

I think eventually it's going to a point where leagues and conferences will end up producing coverag...
CRAIG SILVER

We have a game plan. We have an anticipation based on all our research, all our conversations with t...
CRAIG SILVER

I think the only time people notice something is when you do something horribly bad, you miss action...
CRAIG SILVER

You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a...
NATE SILVER

I would say I was into two sports as a kid: basketball and baseball.
ADAM SILVER

I tend to be a pretty physical person.
ADAM SILVER

Strong college basketball is great for the NBA.
ADAM SILVER

While, to me, daily fantasy is in no way sports betting, it's certainly a cousin of sports betti...
ADAM SILVER

I watch college basketball and sports in general. I'm also a runner. I live on the Upper West Si...
ADAM SILVER

I love technology. I have my iPad, iPad mini, iPhone and Mac laptop. Because I love technology, I th...
ADAM SILVER

Ultimately, the issue is not whether you are pro- or anti-sports betting. You begin, from my standpo...
ADAM SILVER

To build from scratch with the price of land (around Durango), it's a big item. And I think that kin...
JANEY SILVER

I just have to have faith that one of these days something's going to break wide open. I'm getting o...
JANEY SILVER

Nobody without lanes is as active as we are. I can guarantee you that.
JANEY SILVER

I realized I was meant to live, that life had to change.
IVY SILVER

Of all the families, you'd think I would've known.
IVY SILVER

This is an amazing resource.
IVY SILVER

(Hill's performance) was the best point production by an individual in the conference championships ...
LEE SILVER

We're doing a better job of filling events and getting people closer to qualifying.
LEE SILVER

Due to short prep time - some athletes had two days of practice thanks to successful basketball seas...
LEE SILVER

Not that much to pay if you want to see how a disease affects a mammal or how a drug is going to wor...
LEE SILVER

They're always robbing us. That's why I don't wear skate clothes very much.
JOE SILVER

Although some environmental products are a little more expensive, the paint isn't. Painting contract...
JOE SILVER

We don't carry just any product that claims to be environmental. We research our suppliers to find t...
JOE SILVER

I wanted teddy bears from Build-A-Bear Workshop, because when you make them, you put a heart in them...
JENNY SILVER

I was thinking about how the kids in New Orleans wouldn't have a good holiday. They'd lost everythin...
JENNY SILVER

Being with Jonah is pretty amazing. We see what the power of friendship can do. After the third meet...
JENNY SILVER

It's a cautionary tale. V says people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should ...
JOEL SILVER

I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix , we saw that people wanted more...
JOEL SILVER

It was like a 1930s comic book set in the future. I can't say what it was, but there was something a...
JOEL SILVER

Ever since Fahrenheit 9/11 , I think we've been seeing there's a real audience for movies with polit...
JOEL SILVER

It's an odd little movie. We weren't sure who would show up.
JOEL SILVER

Water's fairly cold. Can't see a thing.
JOEL SILVER

It wasn't working out, ... There was some problems. We went into a different direction.
JOEL SILVER

This is a movie that is special.... It's about violence and society, ... Look, we need help on this....
JOEL SILVER

We really haven't marketed to that group. I'm not sure why. We market to urban audiences.
JOEL SILVER

It looks like they did, to some extent, what the Department of Justice couldn't. I could see where t...
MICHAEL SILVER

Baseball is still in his blood, and he loves it. And he's a pleasure to work with. ... All of my emp...
ROY SILVER

When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
HERBERT SPENCER

Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.
SPENCER BACHUS

Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.
HENRY SPENCER

You could give the best audition ever and not get the role or not get a callback because you just we...
LAURA SPENCER

Auditioning is an entirely different part of what we do as actors.
LAURA SPENCER

When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well tha...
LAURA SPENCER

I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classe...
LAURA SPENCER

If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when ...
LARA SPENCER

I try to be athletic.
LARA SPENCER

After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows ki...
LARA SPENCER

Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.
LARA SPENCER

A mom has to be ready for anything.
LARA SPENCER

If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and...
LARA SPENCER

I love going to tag sales, to auctions.
LARA SPENCER

I absolutely love American folk art, can't get enough of it.
LARA SPENCER

It's not a bargain if it has bedbugs.
LARA SPENCER

I always recommend rewiring vintage lighting. It's not a bargain if your house burns down.
LARA SPENCER

I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you...
LARA SPENCER

Finding your style is like putting puzzle pieces together.
LARA SPENCER

Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow th...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow. And as an actor, you don't become Mer...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who k...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

Being a part of a large family is just like a little society: those who fight to the top of the heap...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

Tough love is the hardest to give.
OCTAVIA SPENCER

I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so ...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an a...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.
OCTAVIA SPENCER

Life is too short, and I need to eat. I am my meanest when I haven't had a meal.
OCTAVIA SPENCER

Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've g...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really ha...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people.
OCTAVIA SPENCER

The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
OCTAVIA SPENCER

If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, ...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to an...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in d...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you shoul...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
OCTAVIA SPENCER

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and ...
OCTAVIA SPENCER

If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this. -- Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M Post-It Notepads.

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If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this. -- Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M Post-It Notepads.

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