Statistics Quotes

There is no bright line at which a particular piece of statistical evidence goes from being meaningful to meaningless

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts; for support rather than illumination.

The first lesson that you must learn is that, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found an stopped.

Statistics is the last resort for the whiners

"Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions."

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

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.

They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.

80% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Torture the data long enough and it will admit anything

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.