Spurious Correlation Quotes & Sayings

Correlations are not explanations and besides, they can be as spurious as the high correlation in Finland between foxes killed and divorces. — Gunnar Myrdal

For her, the message from Romme, the love letter's message, was: Cut off your left breast, that rustling bag of insects, because if you don't, those insects will spread their insect religion to your entire body. — David Cronenberg

The U.S. policy of hoarding crude oil never made the world, or even the U.S., a safer place. — Timothy Noah

While American men are fighting to rid the old world of autocracy let American women set to and rid the new world of this intolerable old burden of sex ignorance. — Crystal Eastman

We go off the meds and elect Richard Nixon, the Nurse Ratched of the American political psych ward. — Don Winslow

I know, O LORD, that your rules are p righteous, and that in q faithfulness you have afflicted me. — Anonymous

I do most of my own stunts because the stunt guys show me how. — Casper Van Dien

The man stood back, not sure what to think. That was my secret weapon. Confuse 'em and keep 'em guessing long enough to run away. I — Darynda Jones

..you can't just break through a person's defenses like thatl the defenses are a part of the person, they are the person. It's our nature to have hidden depths. It's like...skinning a frog and saying, 'Now I understand this frog, because I've seen what's inside it.' But when you skin it, it dies. You haven't understood a frog, you've understood a corpse. — Raphael Carter

The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen. — Bill Joy

Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith - when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith - this [is] subjectivity ... at its height. — Soren Kierkegaard

My mother never said to lose weight. Diets were never a big deal. My mom was always beautiful and voluptuous and curvy, and I always thought she was gorgeous. — Christina Hendricks

I made the first sandwich before entering college. — Fred DeLuca

I'm taking my time trying to transition because the Aaron Carter you saw back then - now [I'm] a completely different person. — Aaron Carter

Everything that is large and institutional should be distrusted, even though it may be the best around. The Internal Revenue Service doesn't trust me, so why should I trust them? It's a quid pro quo arrangement. — Wayne Rogers

I think good artists know when they're on a roll, and they recognize when lightning is striking. It's a very fortunate thing to have that inspiration and not to overanalyze it or mess with it; you just follow it if you love what you do. — Johnny Marr