Because Quote by Gloria Steinem

Stories are more than compelling facts. People remember stories more than they remember statistics.

— Soledad O'Brien

Statistics are easy to remove ourselves from. A story, you are implicated in, and you have to choose what side you are going to…

— Patrisse Cullors

We aren't natural statisticians. What we are is natural storytelling machines. And so what we do after we have the facts in hand is…

— Michael Lewis

Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.

— Bernie Siegel

There is a certain embarrassment about being a storyteller in these times when stories are considered not quite as satisfying as statements and statements…

— Flannery O'Connor

“There is a certain embarrassment about being a storyteller in these times when stories are considered not quite as satisfying as statements and statements…

— Sarah Arthur

Except in expert hands, stats can get in the way of story; an array of data that might better be presented in a table…

— John Thorn

In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by…

— Edward P. Jones

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.

— Rex Stout

Sometimes the facts can get in the way of the telling of a good story. But they don't get in the way of the…

— Bennett Miller

Statistics don't lie. It's the people who make up the statistics that lie.

— George W. Buck

The idea that the story is true is more important than being able to prove that it's true.

— Ben Mezrich