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     Statistical Quotations: An irreverent look at statistics, numbers and facts

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.
Benjamin Disraeli

Statistics are like bikinis: what they reveal is suggestive but what they conceal is vital.
Aaron Levenstein

Statistics are like lampposts: they are good to lean on but they don’t shed much light.
Robert Storm-Peterson

Statisticians are people who work with numbers, but don’t have the personality to be accountants.
Anonymous

The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
Robert R. Coveyou

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
Mark Twain

If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.
Albert Einstein

By all means, let’s not confuse ourselves with the facts.
Anonymous

Numbers are like people, torture them enough and they’ll tell you anything.
Anonymous

Facts all come with points of view. Facts won’t do what I want them to.
David Byrne


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