Derivatives are like sex. It’s not who we’re sleeping with, it’s who they’re sleeping with that’s the problem.

As a language, R is like French; it has an elegant core, but every rule comes with a set of ad-hoc exceptions that directly contradict it.

Vrouwen gaan uit om te vergeten, mannen om bij de vrouwen te zijn.

Beware of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confession obtained under duress may not be admissible in the court of scientific opinion.

This is a four thousand dollar sofa upholstered in Italian silk. It is not just a couch.