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Edward Tufte Quotes

I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.

Edward Tufte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: March 14, 1942

Topics

Truth Hope I Am Think Intellectual

I am always begging them to spare me this chasing after men.

Joan Leslie

Men I Am Me Always Begging Chasing

I'm a pretty good chess player.

Joel Kinnaman

Good Chess Pretty Player Pretty Good

But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

John Fogerty

Beautiful Simple Think Harmony Like

I remember, once I was going through Nice airport with Roger Moore, and these kids came up and asked for our autographs. Afterwards, Roger said, 'It must be very strange for you. I'm an actor, and signing autographs is part of what I do. But you're a public figure who people don't really know.' He was right.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

People Remember You Nice Airport

Women who have understood fashion and style for so long have always known it's not about having more pieces. It's about having the right pieces and having the pieces that are of a great quality and look like you know what you're doing. You don't have to have a million things on.

Meghan Markle

Women Great Style Quality Fashion

New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the bargaining power we have as a big customer.

John Lynch

Power Government Customer New Big

I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Integrity People Process Debate True

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.

Michael Storm

Music Guitar Back Rage Us Banjo

Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics.

Liza Minnelli

Smoking Statistics Leading Causes

My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.

Lloyd Alexander

Work Family Me Literature Find Some

The office during the day has become the last place people want to be when they really want to get work done. In fact, offices have become interruption factories.

Jason Fried

Work Day People Place Done Want

More idiots should just shut their mouths.

Chris Martin

More Idiots Just Shut Should Mouths