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.

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 order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but read more

The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.