Assignable Causes Quotes & Sayings

Postulate 3. Assignable causes of variation may be found and eliminated. — Walter A. Shewhart

Poetry, even that of the loftiest, and seemingly, that of the wildest odes, [has] a logic of its own as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more and more fugitive causes. In the truly great poets ... there is a reason assignable, not only for every word, but for the position of every word. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The properties of people and the properties of character have almost nothing to do with each other. They really don't. I know it seems like they do because we look alike, but people don't speak in dialogue. Their lives don't unfold in a series of scenes that form a narrative arc. — Aaron Sorkin

Jesus must have been married to have been called a rabbi. — Darrel Ray

When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write. — Chantal Kreviazuk

At least the girls in stories were alive before they died. — Francesca Lia Block

So," says Lev, as casually as he can, "you wanna dance?" "Do you believe in the end of the world?" she responds. Lev shrugs. "I don't know. Why?" "Because the day after that is when I'll dance with you. — Neal Shusterman

I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing. — Annie Lennox