“The story of Billie Joe has two more interesting underlying themes. First, the illustration of a group of people's reactions to the life and death of one of their own. Second, the obvious gap between the girl and her mother when they are talking about the event.”— Bobbie Gentry
“The very fact that a language is a system of patterned habits allows it to be analyzed.”— Joseph Greenberg
“It is the customary task of the social sciences to be wise after the event.”— Robert Staughton Lynd
“I think the music for 'Drive' was so successful because it was a character in the film.”— Cliff Martinez
“It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.”— Cyril Northcote Parkinson
“The most important thing to remember about polling is that it's a snapshot, not a prediction.”— Stuart Rothenberg
“I don't really listen to music for pleasure much anymore. I listen to it to see how it's made.”— Sean Booth
“I think C-3PO is a classic hero. He's not a warrior, he's not a soldier... he's a worrier.”— Anthony Daniels
“Each wave of sightings adds to the accumulation of reports which defy analysis by present methods.”— J. Allen Hynek
“Econometrics may be defined as the quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena based on the concurrent development of theory and observation, related by appropriate methods of inference.”— Lawrence R. Klein
“The principal mission of the CBO is to provide the Congress with the objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses needed for economic and budgetary decisions.”— Alice Rivlin