309 Quotes About Statistics

Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company.

Without analysis, no synthesis.

It is here [in mathematics] that the artist has the fullest scope of his imagination.

Although to penetrate into the intimate mysteries of nature and thence to learn the true causes of phenomena is not allowed to us, nevertheless it can happen that a certain fictive hypothesis may suffice for explaining many phenomena.

A good deal of confusion could be avoided, if we refrained from setting before the group, what can be the aim only of the individual; and before society as a whole, what can be the aim only of the group.

A novel is a machine for generating interpretations.

It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor.

"I was counting the waves", replied Amory gravely, "I'm going in for statistics".