Verb
To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMost executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see. Edward de Bono
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. Ambrose Bierce
There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them. Robert Benchley
Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin. Tori Amos
Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction. C. J. Cherryh
I am not an adolescent, nor a romantic. I analyze objectively. Dilma Rousseff