Correlation Quotes

• But to measure cause and effect... you must ensure that a simple correlation, however tempting it may be, is not mistaken for a cause. In the 1990s the stork population of Germany increased and the German at-home birth rate rose as well. Shall we credit storks for airlifting the babies?

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Baby, Home, Simple

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• Correlation is not cause, it is just a 'music of chance'.

  Siri Hustvedt

  Causes, Chance

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• Where big data is all about seeking correlations - and thus to make incremental changes - small data is all about causations - seeking to understand the reasons why.

  Martin Lindstrom

  Data, Reason Why, Bigs

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.’

  Randall Munroe

  Science, Eyebrows, Doe

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• There's a direct correlation between positive energy and positive results.

  Joe Rogan

  Mma, Positive Energy, Results

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• You're trying too hard to find a correlation here. You don't know these people, you don't know what they intended. You try to compile statistics and correlate them to a result that amounts to nothing more than speculation.

  Marc Racicot

  People, Trying, Statistics

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• There is a great correlation between music and images.

  Graham Nash

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• The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Two, Errors, Religion

  Stephen Jay Gould (2006). “The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)”, p.178, W. W. Norton & Company

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• In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

  Bill Gates

  Educational, Color, Cities

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• One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Common Sense, Way, Life Is

  Vincent Bugliosi (1998). “No Island of Sanity: Paula Jones V. Bill Clinton : the Supreme Court on Trial”, Ballantine Books

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  There is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money.

  Kesha

  Amount

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.

  Dennis Prager

  People, Littles, Circumstances

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

  Susan Cain

  Volleyball, Zero, Motivation

  "The Power of Introverts". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2012.

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• There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

  Carl Lewis

  Athlete, Childhood, Professional Athlete

  "Carl Lewis On Sportsmanship, Olympic Legacy". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. August 6, 2008.

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• There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.

  Hans Eysenck

  Recovery, Rate, Psychotherapy

  Hans J. Eysenck, Glenn D. Wilson (2013). “The Experimental Study of Freudian Theories (Psychology Revivals)”, p.370, Routledge

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• The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

  Michael Pollan

  Agriculture, Subsidies, Poverty

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• Studies have indicated there is a strong correlation between the shortages of nurses and morbidity and mortality rates in our hospitals.

  Lois Capps

  Strong, Nurse, Study

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• The more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.

  Hans Eysenck

  Recovery, Rate, Psychotherapy

  Hans J. Eysenck, Glenn D. Wilson (2013). “The Experimental Study of Freudian Theories (Psychology Revivals)”, p.370, Routledge

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• The lack of money is the root of all evil.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Bible, Sarcastic

  Mark Twain, John Sutton Tuckey (1980). “The Devil's Race-track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings : the Best from Which was the Dream? and Fables of Man”, p.337, Univ of California Press

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• For me writing is an organic process that starts with engaging the language and then thinking about the structure of the novel as you move along. Especially in revision you start to notice correlations. Things come up, not self-consciously, because you're busy feeling your way through sentences and trying to push the language into new places.

  Dana Spiotta

  Moving, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• There has always been a correlation between money and art.

  Simon de Pury

  Art

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There is direct correlation between a society lacking in artistic vision to lack of social conscience, i.e., crime, poverty, and senseless, violent atrocities, materialism.

  Vanna Bonta

  Vision, Atrocities, Poverty

  "State of the Art". Essay by Vanna Bonta, 2000.

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• It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts.

  Dan Brown

  Body, Believer, True Believer

  Dan Brown (2006). “Angels & Demons: A Novel”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't know if Jesus said it in the Bible, but someone said that 'the love of money is the root of all evil,' and I do think there's a correlation between the ambition that a lot of people have, in terms of financial remuneration, and the loss of core values.

  Norbert Leo Butz

  Jesus, Ambition, Loss

  "Norbert Leo Butz and the root of evil". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 27, 2012.

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• It's no coincidence that good words make us feel good and that hurtful or angry words make us feel bad. There is a 100 percent correlation between the words we choose and how we feel.

  Sean Stephenson

  Feel Good, Hurtful, Coincidence

  Sean Stephenson (2009). “Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself”, p.57, John Wiley and Sons

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