Statistics Quotes

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I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with… — Jennifer Garner
You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. — Heinrich Heine
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist. — J. Paul Getty
The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular. — Edward Gibbon
Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in… — Temple Grandin
We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place. — Gunter Grass
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
When you have nothing to say, say nothing. — Charles Caleb Colton
I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. — Oliver Cromwell
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus
I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has touched as well. — Eric Davis
We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too. — Evan Davis
The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale. — Richard Dawkins
Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends. — Ani DiFranco
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. — Benjamin Disraeli
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory. — Arthur Eddington
Plans are nothing; planning is everything. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. — Evan Esar
For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect and the work of a most wise Creator, nothing at all takes place in the… — Leonhard Euler

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