There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up, and the kind you make up.

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up, and the kind you make up.

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or read more

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, as long as there is enough of them.

Statistics are like lampposts: they are good to lean on, but they don't shed much light.

Statistics are like lampposts: they are good to lean on, but they don't shed much light.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

Round numbers are always false.

Round numbers are always false.

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another.

Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another.

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.

smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.