Academia Quote by Charlie Munger

“Statistics are rarely meaningful in and of themselves. Statistics will, and should, almost always be used to illustrate a relationship. It’s more important for…

— Chip Heath

I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.

— Koren Zailckas

Its important not to focus so much on the statistics, but [on people's] perceptions.

— Federico Pena

I think putting numbers together into a coherent framework always seemed to me to be what really matters.

— Angus Deaton

Statistics is the most important science in the whole world: for upon it depends the practical application of every other science and of every…

— Florence Nightingale

“The non-scientist in the street probably has a clearer notion of physics, chemistry and biology than of statistics, regarding statisticians as numerical philatelists, mere…

— Stephen Senn

Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.

— Evan Esar

Statistics and numbers are no good unless you have good people to analyse and then interpret their meaning and importance.

— Brendan Rodgers

Statistics are like miniskirts: They give you good ideas but hide the important things.

— Ebbe Skovdahl

I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.

— Dean Smith

Some people hate the very name of statistics, but I find them full of beauty and interest. Whenever they are not brutalized, but delicately…

— Francis Galton

A lot of times, especially when it comes to political debates, people get caught up in esoteric statistics. So the realest thing I can…

— Hasan Minhaj