A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

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.

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.

smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.