(9 quotes found)
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination”
Andrew Lang
“He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.”
“An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.”
“Life's more amusing than we thought.”
“You can cover a great deal of country in books”
“I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.”
“It's a catch-22 that has resulted in farm foresters right around Australia selling their mature plantation trees to sawmills for a pittance in stumpage returns,”
“It's a catch-22 that has resulted in farm foresters right around Australia selling their mature plantation trees to sawmills for a pittance in stumpage returns.”
“I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is evolving. This is an exciting time to be living.”