Quote by David Cay Johnston

82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

— Nikhil Saluja

43.7 per cent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

— Steven Wright

“Between 1971 and 2001, while the median wage and salary income of the average worker showed literally no gain, the income of the top…

— Barack Obama

over 85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

— David Mitchell

42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

— Anonymous

“52 percent of all new income generated is going to the top 1 percent.”

— Bernie Sanders

Between 2009 and 2012, 95% of the country's income gains went to the top 1% of earners.

— Neera Tanden

“Ten percent of productivity comes from the top percentile and 26% of output derives from the top 5% of workers.”

— Laszlo Bock

“Up until 1981, all classes of income were rising at about the same rate. However, in about 1981 a split started to happen. The…

— Dean Graziosi

It isn't that every company is going to be successful. The law of averages shows that 80% of companies are going to fail.

— Troy Carter

“By 2012 the average income of the vast majority had shrunk to the equivalent of 45 weeks of 1973 income—a 13 percent decline to…

— David Cay Johnston

That 95 per cent. fail of those who start in business upon their own account seems incredible, and yet such are said to be…

— Andrew Carnegie