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A single death is a tragedy,
a million deaths is a statistic.
A single death is a tragedy,
a million deaths is a statistic.
The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but read more
The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether read more
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by ;degrees, the consequences will be the same.
Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own destruction.
No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own destruction.
If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
