Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death.

Quote by Hilaire Belloc

Topics: Death Quotes

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines...

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines...

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of...

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of...

Oh, my friends, be warned by me, That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea, Are all...

Oh, my friends, be warned by me, That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea, Are all...

From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the...

From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the...

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that...

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that...

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation

Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day...

Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day...

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his...

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his...

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of...

When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of...

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.

Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding...

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding...

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the...

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the...

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all...

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all...