Expected Quote by John Tukey

“Because these calculations generate precise numbers for an uncertain risk, they produce an illusory certainty.”

— Gerd Gigerenzer

I have no satisfaction in formulas unless I feel their numerical magnitude.

— Lord Kelvin

Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis.

— Warren Buffett

I was rather foolish in saying that I did not like arithmetic and to learn figures when I did - I was not thinking…

— Ada Lovelace

The value of having numbers - data - is that they aren't subject to someone else's interpretation. They are just the numbers. You can…

— Emily Oster

If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.

— Edward Tufte

It is strange that we know so little about the properties of numbers. They are our handiwork, yet they baffle us; we can fathom…

— James R Newman

Secondly, figures, the symbols of numerical magnitude, are frequently also the symbols of operations, as when they are the indices of powers. Wherever terms…

— Ada Lovelace

“Use statistics as input not output. Use them to make up your mind on an issue.Don't make up your mind and then go looking…

— Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a…

— Gregory Bateson

“If the statistics are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers.”

— Edward Tufte

Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers

— Cecelia Ahern