Statistics Quotes

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It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data… — Norman Ralph Augustine
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what… — Saint Augustine
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot… — Douglas Adams
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics. — Ernie Banks
The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate. — Douglas Adams
In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid. — Dave Barry
Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. — Marion Barry
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. — Jean Baudrillard
We made too many wrong mistakes. — Yogi Berra
We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of… — Niels Bohr
Democracy is an abuse of statistics. — Jorge Luis Borges
Since when was genius found respectable? — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three… — Louis D. Brandeis
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best… — Rita Mae Brown
The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile… — Art Buchwald
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. — Edmund Burke
There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything. — Lord Byron

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