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It is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions.
Either I've invented a whole new logic or, ahem, I'm not playing with a full deck.
One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do & do the last thing on the list.
He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.
Isn't it strange how much we know if only we ask ourselves instead of somebody else.
Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones.
Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.
You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people.
You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic.
It is here [in mathematics] that the artist has the fullest scope of his imagination.
Statisticians, like artists, have the bad habit of falling in love with their models.
Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.
The statistics for investing in small businesses are such that the vast majority fail.
It's not always statistics that determine the best player, especially the quarterback.
How much of what we call 'reality' is actually out there or rather within our own head?
It doesn't matter how fast your modem is if you're being shelled by ethnic separatists.
[Statistics] The science that can prove everything except the usefulness of statistics.
If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.
The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.
God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets.
We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures.
Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values.
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard.
As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.
Some things were too hard to believe, however entertaining they might be to hear or read.
Most problems have either many answers or no answer. Only a few problems have one answer.
The customer is usually wrong, but statistics indicate that it doesn't pay to tell him so
The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.
'Totally mad,' he said, 'utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.'
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.
I knew the statistics of playing pro football were 1% of 1%, so I just never planned on it.
I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More I cannot say.
We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too.
Sometimes one must try anything, it is no disgrace. On the contrary, it is a sign of wisdom.
Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
You have not had thirty years' experience . . . You have had one year's experience 30 times.
Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.
There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics.
Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.
Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent.
Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.