Computers Quote by Michael Lewis

If you hear a statistic, you will make up a story to go with it, because our brains are organized on narrative. And you…

— Gloria Steinem

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

— Soledad O'Brien

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

— Bernie Siegel

Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories.

— Yuval Noah Harari

Stories are how we learn best. We absorb numbers and facts and details, but we keep them all glued into our heads with stories.

— Chris Brogan

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

We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.

— Steven Soderbergh

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

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

“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

“I thought if you told people facts, they’d draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But…

— James S.A. Corey

“The most important scientific concept is that an assertion is often an empirical question, settled by collecting evidence. The plural of anecdote is not…

— John Brockman