Economist Quote by Mary E. Pearson

“Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician.”

— Anonymous

We're living in a world that's divided into two economies: the economy of the 1%, and the economy of the bottom 99%. I guess…

— Michael Hudson

43.7 per cent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

— Steven Wright

When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It's part of our vocabulary. How…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

“Looking around at the diversity within our human race, it is obvious that 0.01% accounts for a significant difference in how we look, think,…

— Jill Bolte Taylor

82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

— Nikhil Saluja

I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot.

— George Bernard Shaw

Ironically, if you look at Dianne Feinstein's profile and you look at my profile, I'm the 99 percent. Dianne Feinstein's the one percent. She…

— Elizabeth Emken

“A percentage! What splendid words they have; they are so scientific, so consolatory… Once you've said 'percentage' there's nothing more to worry about. If…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

— Anonymous

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

— Thomas A. Edison

A lot of times, especially when it comes to political debates, people get caught up in esoteric statistics. So the realest thing I can…

— Hasan Minhaj