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God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.
'The Fly' (1942), Good Intentions (1943), 220.
See also:  |  Fly (10)  |  Forget (5)  |  God (131)  |  Wisdom (44)

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
In Patricia Harris and David Lyon, 1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About Massachusetts (2007), 381
See also:  |  Genius (57)  |  Grant (2)  |  Heaven (21)  |  Offspring (4)

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
War as I Knew It (1947, 1995) 357.
See also:  |  How (2)  |  Ingenuity (6)  |  Never (3)  |  People (12)  |  Surprise (9)

[Like people] if you torture statistics long enough, they'll tell you anything you want to hear.
Anonymous
In Erica Beecher-Monas, Evaluating Scientific Evidence (2007), 63.
See also:  |  Quip (59)  |  Statistics (51)  |  Torture (2)

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