Drunk Quote by Alfred E. Perlman

Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.

— Vin Scully

“Most people use statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamp post, more for support than illumination.”

— Randy Bartlett

We all have a tendency to use research as a drunkard uses a lamppost – for support, not for illumination.

— David Ogilvy

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.

— Andrew Lang

He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.

— Romano Prodi

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.

— Andrew Lang

I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they…

— David Ogilvy

“One should use information and logic as a drunkard would use a lamp post – only for support, not for illumination.”

— Sadhguru

... people are growing up in the slack flicker of a pale light which lacks the concentrated burn of a candle flame or oil…

— Adrienne Rich

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

— Dean Koontz

I'm brighter when I'm not drunk; when I'm drunk, I lose part of my IQ.

— Gaspar Noe

It's so important, so comforting, to have lampposts in this world who can light the way.

— Lea Michele