Data Quote by Vin Scully

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

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

— Romano Prodi

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

— Randy Bartlett

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.

— Andrew Lang

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

— David Ogilvy

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.

— Andrew Lang

Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures.

— Wilhelm Stekel

I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they…

— David Ogilvy

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

— Jean Baudrillard

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

— Sadhguru

Statistics are like miniskirts: They give you good ideas but hide the important things.

— Ebbe Skovdahl

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.

— Rex Stout