309 Quotes About Statistics

I bathe in statistics.

I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.

The essential feature of statistics is a prudent and systematic ignoring of details.

Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.

The type of measure used placed constraints on which statistics can be used.

The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard.

The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts... Seek simplicity and distrust it.

Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture....

Ninety-five percent of all statistics, including this one, are bogus.