Between 1950 and 1951, I worked as a temporary employee in the Cologne Bureau of Statistics. From summer 1951 on, I have… — Heinrich Boll Copy Share Image
You can shape statistics to make them look however you want them to. — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
“Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians, and I'm not kidding. — Hal Varian Copy Share Image
What is all Knowledge too but recorded Experience, and a product of History; of which, therefore, Reasoning and Belief, no less than… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The World Bank is the monopoly provider of poverty data and, partly due to a leadership change there, the World Bank's reporting… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
No one can tell time except approximately, time never stands still to be named. — Fredric Brown Copy Share Image
I never could do anything with figures, never had any talent for mathematics, never accomplished anything in my efforts at that rugged… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Statistics show that many people watch our show from the bedroom. and people you ask into your bedroom have to be more… — Jack Paar Copy Share Image
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair Copy Share Image
Is it in the UK's interests to leave the EU? It depends on your values. The answer can't be read off of… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I believe that at the bottom of most deep mathematical problems there is a combinatorial problem. — Israel Gelfand Copy Share Image
I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.' — Angela Featherstone Copy Share Image
The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts... Seek simplicity and distrust it. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“If proof were needed that statistics alone are not enough in establishing value, then VT Trumper is that proof.” — Patrick Ferriday Copy Share Image
I don't think baseball could survive without all the statistical appurtenances involved in calculating pitching, hitting and fielding percentages. Some people could… — John M. Culkin Copy Share Image
“Statistics don't determine whether you find love or get married. You do!” — Suzette Vearnon Copy Share Image
I do not think that the radio waves I have discovered will have any practical application. — Heinrich Hertz Copy Share Image
It would be worth the while to select our reading, for books are the society we keep; to read only the serenely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
