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Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. | Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. | ||
:Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) | :Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) | ||
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. | Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. | ||
:Evan Esar (1899 - 1995) | :Evan Esar (1899 - 1995) | ||
I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic. | I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic. | ||
:Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) | :Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) | ||
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. | Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. | ||
:Fletcher Knebel | :Fletcher Knebel | ||
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. | There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. |
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