Clear Quote by Ronald Fisher

... no scientific worker has a fixed level of significance at which from year to year, and in all circumstances, he rejects hypotheses; he…

— Ronald Fisher

He [the Statist] is unmoved by reason, evidence, and history.

— Mark Levin

If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion

— George Bernard Shaw

All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not to admit…

— David Hume

“Reasonableness is the byproduct of a scientific mind.”

— Catherine Gilbert Murdock

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

— Evan Esar

“science cannot even make probability judgements on”

— Richard Dawkins

“Contrary to the rules of philosophers of science, who advise testing hypotheses by trying to refute them, people (and scientists, quite often) seek data…

— Daniel Kahneman

It is a popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under an obligation not to go beyond generalisation of observed facts...but anyone who is…

— Thomas Huxley

So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible.

— Thomas Huxley

There is nothing in the education of the average non-scientific human being to discourage him from the habit of generalizing from little or no…

— Gwethalyn Graham