“I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics”
Mark Twain
“A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.”
Jean Chretien
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination”
Andrew Lang
“An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.”
“A judicious man uses statistics, not to get knowledge, but to save himself from having ignorance foisted upon him”
Thomas Carlyle
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.”
George Bernard Shaw
