"The words 'model' and 'mode' have, indeed, the same root; today, model building is science a la mode." Quote of american philosopher Abraham Kaplan (1918-1993) appearing in The Conduct of Inquiry (Chandler, 1964) p. 258. Also to be found in Statistically Speaking the dictionary of quotations compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither p. 140