Likelihood Function Quotes & Sayings

I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you know, you grow. — George Carlin

In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and besides if we do, it will blow our model out of the water.' — Thomas J. Sargent

The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it. — Thomas J. Sargent

As I wrote I began to see more strongly that there were inescapable analogies. You couldn't really live through the '80s without feeling how crass and distasteful some of the economic doctrines were. The slave trade is a perfect model for that kind of total devotion to the profit motive without reckoning the human consequences. — Barry Unsworth

In Steiger's case, of course, his high connectedness is a function of his versatility as an actor and, in all likelihood, some degree of good luck. But in the case of Connectors, their ability to span many different worlds is a function of something intrinsic to their personality, some combination of curiosity, self-confidence, sociability, and energy. — Malcolm Gladwell

If you catch them at 12 years old, which they are working very aggressively to do and you tell those children that if you have an attraction towards someone of the same gender, that means you're gay and because you're gay you need to come with us. — Scott Lively

I think after you live it's like before you lived. — Jonathan Safran Foer

The culture of the hop ... so analagous to the culture and uses of the grape, may afford a theme for future poets. — Henry David Thoreau

Participants were then asked if they thought it was possible to have an open, give-and-take conversation about such sensitive topics. To Trosset's surprise, the vast majority of participants said they had no desire to engage another person's perspective on sensitive issues. They merely wanted to voice their opinion. Only five percent of the test group expressed a desire to understand and learn more about another person's view. — Tim Muehlhoff

I usually never walk by a microphone. — Ronald Reagan

Yes, I pray that my pain might be removed, that it might cease; but more so, I pray for the strength to bear it, the grace to benefit from it, and the devotion to offer it up to God as a sacrifice of praise. — Joni Eareckson Tada