Statistics are like lampposts: they are good to lean on, but they don't shed much light.

Statistics are like lampposts: they are good to lean on, but they don't shed much light.

Men are blind in their own cause.

Men are blind in their own cause.

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing someof the most important things in life. Unless read more

Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing someof the most important things in life. Unless you give ;yourself to some great cause you haven't even begun to live.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

Round numbers are always false.

Round numbers are always false.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or read more

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, as long as there is enough of them.