Drunk Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

We all have a tendency to use research as a drunkard uses a lamppost – for support, not for illumination.

— David Ogilvy

I cannot resist making the observation that some people use statistics as a drunk uses a lamppost - more to lean on than for…

— Alfred E. Perlman

“One should use information and logic as a drunkard would use a lamp post – only for support, not for illumination.”

— Sadhguru

He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.

— Romano Prodi

Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.

— Vin Scully

Inveterate creationists, then or now, never allow their faith to fall victim to facts.

— Robert T. Bakker

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and…

— Max Planck

The sacred influence of light appears.

— John Milton

“Most people use statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamp post, more for support than illumination.”

— Randy Bartlett

The invalidity of Darwinism and the actuality of creation are scientific facts.

— Harun Yahya

The interpretation of facts in a certain way stimulates other scientists' thoughts.

— Robert Barany

And you get Thomas Paine, who's the least religious Founding Father saying, you've got to teach creation science in the classroom. Scientific method demands…

— David Barton