Humorous Quote by Andrew Lang

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

I cannot resist making the observation that some people use statistics as a drunk uses a lamppost - more to lean on than for…

— Alfred E. Perlman

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

— Randy Bartlett

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

— Vin Scully

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

— David Ogilvy

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

— Sadhguru

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

There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Any thinking person is qualified to be a forecaster, and in fact, everybody does it every day.

— Paul Saffo

The Lamp light show Opposing sun and a disgruntled person are equal to explain

— Mak_786

Every man should use his intellect, not as he uses his lamp in the study, only for his own seeing, but as the lighthouse…

— Henry Ward Beecher