Data Quote by Marjorie Benton Cooke

“One can’t say that figures lie. But figures, as used in financial arguments, seem to have the bad habit of expressing a small part…

— Fred Schwed Jr

“figures don't lie, liars figure”

— B Rossini

Mathematics is the art of accurate reasoning on inaccurately-drawn figures... let that be our motto.

— Arthur Mattuck

“I am a mathematician and I can confidently say that the best figure ever produced is your phone number.”

— Amit Kalantri

“They say numbers are just ordinary figures. It is, but not so when it gets to the point where they begin to synchronize and…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

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

— Evan Esar

“I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself to think.”

— John Dickson Carr

I once knew an otherwise excellent teacher who compelled his students to perform all their demonstrations with incorrect figures, on the theory that it…

— Ernst Mach

“Don’t calculate the world." This world is untruthful. Don’t stop to do calculation, just keep on moving.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“...no thought, if it be non-mathematical in spirit, can be trusted, and, although mathematicians sometimes make mistakes, the spirit of mathematics is always right…

— Alfred Korzybski

Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.

— George Polya

“A mathematician is an individual who proves his beliefs with equations.”

— Bill Gaede