“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Sometimes the only one who believes in you is you, and sometimes that's all you need. ”
Richard 'Grimesy' Grimes
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination”
Andrew Lang
“Staring us in the face is the desperate plight of the poor. We don't need statistics to tell us that. They are flesh and blood people like ourselves, often out of work, forced out of rented premises, without money and without food.”
Eva Burrows
“An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.”
“Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.”
Vin Scully
“Statistics tell us that when you have 10 medical incidents ? then you're going to have a lost-time accident. We're up to 13 or 14 medical incidents, so we're overdue for a lost-time accident, according to statistics. That's why we must be more cautious than ever before, because statistics tell us we're overdue for one.”
Ed Epping
