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Statistics Quotes by Thomas Carlyle
- Statistics, one may hope, will improve gradually, and become good for something. Meanwhile, it is to be feared the crabbed satirist was partly right, as…
- A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.
- 'Genius' which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all.
- A judicious man uses statistics, not to get knowledge, but to save himself from having ignorance foisted upon him.
- Statistics is a science which ought to be honourable, the basis of many most important sciences; but it is not to be carried on by…
More Statistics Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Saint Augustine
- The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a… — 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… — 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