Quotes on statistics, data visualization and science
This package displays a randomly chosen quotation from a database consisting of quotes about topics related to statistics, data visualization and science. The original idea came from the Unix fortune program that first appeared in Version 7 Unix. The fortune package is an R-centric equivalent. statquotes is dedicated to quotations on the substance of data analysis and visualization.
The data base is a collection of quotations assembled over the years from various
sources. It began life as a simple text file and was later converted to
LaTeX using the epigraph package.
In this R package, each call to statquote() displays a randomly selected quotation. The selection can be restricted to those whose tags field matches the tag argument, or whose source field matches the source= argument.
The default print method gives a plain text format for the console, in the style of fortune().
> set.seed(761)
> statquote()
The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard.
--- John W. Tukey
> statquote(tag="science")
Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute
to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.
--- Anon.
> search_quotes("mail")
Have you ever seen voice mail?
--- The Hackers Test
as.markdown() formats quotes for markdown
as.markdown(statquote())
The devil is in the details. -- George Schultz
as.latex() formats quotes for LaTeX, designed for the epigraph package
cat(as.latex(statquote()))
\epigraph{The future is uncertain but the end is always near.}{Jim Morrison}
quote_cloud() generates word clouds based upon a search of the quotes database.
quote_cloud()
The released CRAN version can be installed via:
install.packages("statquotes")
The development version (if any) can be installed from this repo on Github via:
devtools::install_github("friendly/statquotes")
To have statquotes give you an inspirational quote of the day each time you start R, include the following line in your
.Rprofile file.
if(interactive()) statquotes::statquote()
Michael Friendly Phil Chalmers Matthew Sigal Kevin Wright
GPL (>= 2)