Statistics Quotes · Page 20

It is utterly implausible that a mathematical formula should make the future known to us, and those who think it can would…

— Jacob Bernoulli

Sometimes one must try anything, it is no disgrace. On the contrary, it is a sign of wisdom.

— Philip K. Dick

'Statistics' show that 66% of clients are cured with psychotherapy; what statistics don't show is that 72% are cured without it.

— Thomas Szasz

Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people,…

— Bobby Bragan

On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data…

— Nate Silver

The manipulation of statistical formulas is no substitute for knowing what one is doing.

— Hubert M. Blalock

There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

Forget the statistics...we have to do more. You cannot look these children in the eye and see how desperate is their situation…

— Liam Neeson

The statistics reveal a failure of nerve on the part of many Christians. They seem to be simply unable to muster the…

— Douglas Groothuis

With the destruction of history, contemporary events themselves retreat into a remote and fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations…

— Guy Debord

Statistics are somewhat like old medical journals, or like revolvers in newly opened mining districts. Most men rarely use them, and find…

— John Shaw Billings

The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out…

— Mark Twain

Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of…

— Christopher McDougall

The goal of scientific physicians in their own science ... is to reduce the indeterminate. Statistics therefore apply only to cases in…

— Claude Bernard

Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the…

— Guy Finley

“Why is your equation only for angels, Roger? Why can't we do something, down here? Couldn't there be an equation for us…

— Thomas Pynchon

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because…

— Bill James

Statistics are one thing. But if you're not putting up the numbers as far as winning, they're not going to consider you…

— Scottie Pippen

If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion

— George Bernard Shaw

That 95 per cent. fail of those who start in business upon their own account seems incredible, and yet such are said…

— Andrew Carnegie

Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.

— Chili Davis

The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.

— Simon Sinek

“Getting too deeply into statistics is like trying to quench a thirst with salty water. The angst of facing mortality has no…

— Paul Kalanithi

When an economist says the evidence is "mixed," he or she means that theory says one thing and data says the opposite.

— Richard Thaler

Price statistics show clearly that instability in raw-material prices is a prime cause of instability of other prices.

— Benjamin Graham

Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it's increasingly girls, not boys, who don't know…

— Melinda Gates

Baseball's rich in wonderful statistics, but it's hard to find one more beautiful than Stan Musial's hitting record. He didn't care where…

— George Will

According to the latest statistics there are five million people in our country who are not working. And there are even more…

— Vikrant Parsai

The object of mathematical rigor is to sanction and legitimize the conquests of intuition, and there was never any other object for…

— Jacques Hadamard

From what I can tell, pollsters are generally fairly stick-to-the-facts folks. They deal in facts and statistics.

— Sharyl Attkisson

Network. Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.

— Samuel Johnson

“Because it’s very easy to fall victim to confirmation bias, try focusing only on data that invalidates your hypothesis before looking for…

— Product School

I thing for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. You see the statistics, and the dropoff…

— Ava DuVernay

The export market is based, on high-paying jobs. I've seen statistics that show that people make over 88 a year generally benefit…

— Charles Schumer

The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.

— Bill Gates

You always have to be very, very careful with statistics. It doesn't mean that we negate them completely; we just don't use…

— Andre Villas-Boas

The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.

— Sylvia Porter

The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.

— William Ralph Inge

“In the business people with expertise, experience and evidence will make more profitable decisions than people with instinct, intuition and imagination.”

— Amit Kalantri