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Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease. -- William Osler
Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem". -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. -- David Hare
In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents. -- Peter Garrett
That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species. -- Richard Owen
Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If it were not for the great variability among individuals, medicine might as well be a science, not an art. -- William Osler
On average, 90 percent of the variability of returns and 100 percent of the absolute level of return is explained by asset allocation. -- Roger G. Ibbotson
Never, never, never think - that's one lesson you should have in life. Never think that lack of variability is stability. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Anything organic requires some dose of variability so it can adapt all the time, and fixing things is not a good idea. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
According to any textbook on dynamic meteorology, one may reasonably conclude that in a warmer world, extratropical storminess and weather variability will actually decrease. -- Richard Lindzen
The grand points in human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature. -- Herman Melville
When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in short, being fooled by randomness. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Recent data and research supports the importance of natural climate variability and calls into question the conclusion that humans are the dominant cause of recent climate change. -- Judith Curry
The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing. -- James Hansen
Nature will eventually do what nature has always done. It will respond in a self-stabilizing manner over the long term with moderate variability over multi-decade periods and with occasional significant variability over the short term. -- John H. Sununu

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