'If enough data is collected, statistics can prove anything.'
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'If enough data is collected, statistics can prove anything.'
47.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
- no idea where I heard that, but I added the decimal to be more convincing.
Liars figure and figures lie.
The title of a book I have somewhere on the shelf behind me.
Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination.
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
Charles Bukowski
Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living.
Rachel Marie Martin
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Attributed to Benjamin Disraeli
"Statistics are like bikinis; they reveal a lot but hide vital spots."
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
Kurt Vonnegut
"HARRIS' LAW: Any philosophy that can be put "in a nutshell" belongs there.."