Maurice Kendall quotes

“If they would only do as he did and publish posthumously we should all be saved a lot of trouble.”
-- Maurice Kendall

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“Statistics is the branch of scientific method which deals with the data obtained by counting or measuring the properties of populations of natural phenomena.”
-- Maurice Kendall

Source : Maurice George Kendall, Alan Stuart (1977). “The Advanced Theory of Statistics: Distribution theory”, Hafner Press

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“You only find complete unanimity in a cemetary.”

“no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate in states which use the death penalty is twice that of states which do not, according to FBI statistics.”

Source : Antoinette Bosco (2001). “Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty”

“You should treat as many patients as possible with the new drugs while they still have the power to heal.”

“It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.”

Source : Agnes Repplier (2015). “Americans and Others”, p.24, Sheba Blake Publishing

“A dead grief is easier to bear than a live trouble.”

“The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.”

“You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.”

“The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.”

“The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era.”

“Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?”