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    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.

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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.

by Aaron Levenstein Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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Statistics are people with the tears wiped from their eyes

Statistics are people with the tears wiped from their eyes

by Hilaire Belloc Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

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

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

by Robert Boynton Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

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One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife....

One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife....

by Rita Mae Brown Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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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.

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Statisticians probably do it

Statisticians probably do it

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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.

by Mae West Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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