A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.
– Carlyle
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics.
– Liza Minnelli
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
– J. Baudrillard
Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off.
– Paul Brodeur
I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.
– George Canning
By a small sample, we may judge of the whole piece.
– Miguel Cervantes
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
– Fletcher Knebel
Torture numbers, and they’ll confess to anything.
– Gregg Easterbrook
Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
– John Finley
If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.
– Laurence Peter
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics!
– B. Disraeli
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
– Henry Clay
You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.
– George Lloyd
Statistics are designed to keep you safe.
– Jenny Diski
Statistics are the heart of democracy.
– Simeon Strunsky
Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.
– Samuel Clemens
Figures don’t lie, liars figure.
– Mark Twain
I could prove God statistically.
– Aaron Levenstein
Round numbers are always false.
– Samuel Johnson