Quotes by Statistics I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage. Jennifer Garner heartbrokendivorcestatistics Statistics are designed to keep you safe. Jenny Diski statisticssafe The practising Bayesian is well advised to become friends with as many numerical analysts as possible. Jim Berger analystswellsstatistics Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches. Jim Bouton statisticsbaseballinteresting Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base. Jimmy Breslin statisticsbaseball Most human problems can be solved by an appropriate charge of high explosive. Joe Gayton statisticsproblemhumans If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I'd have to say, 'George, you and I are about to become partners.' Joe DiMaggio sitting-downsalarystatistics Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics. Joe Torre statisticsbaseballnegative There is something inhuman and vaguely pornographic about statistics... Pornography, on the other hand, with its loosely bound sequences of storyless sexual couplings often has the feel of a statistical survey. John Allen Paulos statisticssciencehands The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ. John Boyle O'Reilly charitystatisticsnames Any effect, constant, theorem or equation named after Professor X was first discovered by Professor Y , for some value of Y not equal to X. John C. Baez professorsstatisticsfirsts Why speculate when you can calculate? John C. Baez statistics A marveilous newtrality have these things mathematicall, and also a strange participation between things supernaturall and things naturall. John Dee statisticsstrangescience If you are doing things the same way as two years ago, you are almost certainly doing them wrong. John Harvey-Jones statisticstwoyears Don't let the fear of statistics keep you from launching a continual improvement program. The statistics hurdle is easily overcome, going out of business is not. John Novak statisticsgoing-outovercoming I have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are really good statistics. John Ralston Saul statisticsstillstheory Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent. John F. Kennedy indifferentstatisticschildren The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard. John Tukey backyardsstatisticsplay Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. John Tukey statisticsmadeanswers Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values. John Tukey unexpectedstatisticsfocus«56789101112131415»
