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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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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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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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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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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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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.

by Rex Stout Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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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.

by Storm P Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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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

by Rex Stout Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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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.

by Paul Erdos Found in: Statistics Quotes,
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