Able Quote by George Bernard Shaw

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

— George Bernard Shaw

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

— Stephen Leacock

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

— Evan Esar

I am one of the unpraised, unrewarded millions without whom Statistics would be a bankrupt science. It is we who are born, who marry,…

— Logan Pearsall Smith

The statistician cannot excuse himself from the duty of getting his head clear on the principles of scientific inference, but equally no other thinking…

— Ronald Fisher

Statistics are there to be broken.

— Anonymous

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

— Evan Esar

I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics. No man can.

— Mark Twain

“Statistics are no substitue for judgement.”

— Henry Clay

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

Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off.

— Paul Brodeur

“In a world with amazing amounts of statistics and demographics available, If you don't utilize foresight, statistics, demographics, projections and predictions the competition will.”

— Akutra-Ramses Atenosis Cea