Diaconis Quotes & Sayings

Honey is not always sweet. So is life — Angel Phetheni

I was a kid who loved to play games. Any kind of game, any kind of ball. Give me a baseball, give me a basketball, give me something I can bounce and throw. — Terry Bradshaw

The really unusual day would be one where nothing unusual happens. — Persi Diaconis

There may have been a time when pride was the very center of your life. You had ambitious thoughts of yourself, your powers, desires, and aims; but now that will begin to change ... you have been born again. — Billy Graham

When you are on the dancefloor, there is nothing to do but dance. — Umberto Eco

We never told on each other. That was an unspoken rule. — Jenni Rivera

The only way to meet pressing social needs and be fiscally responsible is to cut the runaway Pentagon budget, which now almost equals the military spending of all other countries in the world combined. — Dennis Kucinich

This is a wonderful book, unique and engaging. Diaconis and Graham manage to convey the awe and marvels of mathematics, and of magic tricks, especially those that depend fundamentally on mathematical ideas. They range over many delicious topics, giving us an enchanting personal view of the history and practice of magic, of mathematics, and of the fascinating connection between the two cultures. Magical Mathematics will have an utterly devoted readership. — Barry Mazur

Like plumbing, medicine is a profession where you learn early on not to put your fingers in your mouth. — Diana Gabaldon