Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn'

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn'

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

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

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause read more

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

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.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never read more

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted.

Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted.

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

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

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.