"If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually……" — Alan K. Simpson
"If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth"
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21 Quotes by Alan K. Simpson
Alan K. Simpson has 21 quotes on this site.
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Every time one of us starts talking about more effective immigration controls, somebody else throws up the Statue of Liberty,…
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It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the…
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Nonetheless, GAO's conclusion that employer sanctions had somehow caused employment discrimination was contradicted by GAO's own Chief of Methodology, who…
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So let us take our fair share of the true refugees and act responsible as a government in providing for…
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There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be…
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The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or…
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I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should…
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Those who travel the high road of humility are not troubled by heavy traffic.
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Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from…
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Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to…
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People tend to stay at home and eat a home-cooked meal. There are three days that are really slow for…
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I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have…
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More Confess Quotes
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That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a…
— Joseph Addison
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It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
— Max Beerbohm
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Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed…
— Josh Billings
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I listen to music every day for study reasons, and I confess that I have very little knowledge of what…
— Andrea Bocelli
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The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the…
— Tony Campolo
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A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
— Albert Camus
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In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I…
— Winston Churchill
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess,…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher…
— H.G. Wells
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