Data Quote by Mark Twain

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

— George Canning

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds. . . that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no…

— Hilaire Belloc

I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.

— Ben Horowitz

Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures.

— Wilhelm Stekel

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

— Dr Laurence J Peter

Statistics are somewhat like old medical journals, or like revolvers in newly opened mining districts. Most men rarely use them, and find it troublesome…

— John Shaw Billings

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

— George W. Buck

“If proof were needed that statistics alone are not enough in establishing value, then VT Trumper is that proof.”

— Patrick Ferriday

Statistics are like women; mirrors of purest virtue and truth, or like whores to use as one pleases.

— Theodor Billroth

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.

— Mark Twain

[Statistics] The science that can prove everything except the usefulness of statistics.

— Evan Esar

Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.

— Anonymous