260 Quotes by Nate Silver

In baseball you have terrific data and you can be a lot more creative with it.

People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.

Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public.

There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.

The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake.

A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs.

I don't think you should limit what you read.