The purely random sample is the only kind that can be examined with confidence by means of statistical theory, but there is one things… — Darrell Huff Copy Share Image
A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler's 'big lie'; it misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you. — Darrell Huff Copy Share Image
Proper treatment will cure a cold in seven days, but left to itself, a cold will hang on for a week. — Darrell Huff Copy Share Image
“Hardly anybody is exactly normal in any way, just as one hundred tossed pennies will rarely come up exactly fifty heads and fifty tails.” — Darrell Huff Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to mention any subject having high emotional content without hastily saying where you are for or agin it. — Darrell Huff Copy Share Image
Don't be a novelist --- be a statistician. Much more scope for the imagination. — Darrell Huff Copy Share Image
The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify. Statistical terms and statistical methods… — Darrell Huff Copy Share Image
