Statistics are people with the tears wiped from their eyes

Statistics are people with the tears wiped from their eyes

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

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

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.

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.

Round numbers are always false.

Round numbers are always false.

Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another.

Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another.

A single death is a tragedy,
a million deaths is a statistic.

A single death is a tragedy,
a million deaths is a statistic.

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

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....