That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially.

The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe.

The unity of all science consists alone in its method, not in its material.

Statistics is the grammar of science.

No matter how much we enjoy following the lives of the rich and famous, we know the world is affected more deeply by quiet, even invisible acts of integrity, kindness, and generosity, than by fame and fortune.

Order and reason, beauty and benevolence, are characteristics and conceptions which we find solely associated with the mind of man.

The record of a month's roulette playing at Monte Carlo can afford us material for discussing the foundations of knowledge.