[Statistics] The science that
[Statistics] The science that can prove everything except the usefulness of statistics. Evan Esar
Usefulness
Not many appreciate the
Not many appreciate the ultimate power and potential usefulness of basic knowledge accumulated by obscure, unseen investigators who, in a lifetime of intensive study, may never see any practical use for their findings but who go on seeking answers to the unknown without thought of financial or practical gain. Eugenie Clark
The enormous usefulness of
The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of it. Eugene Wigner
If one does not
If one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art. Eugene Ionesco
Guided only by their
Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness. Eric Temple Bell
Abstractness, sometimes hurled as
Abstractness, sometimes hurled as a reproach at mathematics, is its chief glory and its surest title to practical usefulness. It is also the source of such beauty as may spring from mathematics. Eric Temple Bell
Surely we have had
Surely we have had enough of confusing maleness with \”usefulness\” and other human virtues. If men had a more modest view of what their masculinity ought to entail, perhaps they could move on from debilitating feelings of loss to tackling their real economic and political problems. Ellen Willis
Usefulness! It is not
Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o’ nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at. Ellen Terry
Not until we have
Not until we have learned to be useful can we afford to do what we like. Ellen Terry
Let mine not be
Let mine not be that saddest fate of all To live beyond my greater self; to see My faculties decaying, as the tree Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall… \”She lives, but all her usefulness is past.\” Ella Wheeler Wilcox