Quotes by Statistics There are some women out there who are just going to look better with a mustache: that's statistics. Caitlin Moran mustachestatisticslooks Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles. Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour imbecilestaxesstatistics The propositions of mathematics have, therefore, the same unquestionable certainty which is typical of such propositions as "All bachelors are unmarried," but they also share the complete lack of empirical content which is associated with that certainty: The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter. Carl Gustav Hempel typicalstatisticsmath The training one receives when one becomes a technician, like a data scientist - we get trained in mathematics or computer science or statistics - is entirely separated from a discussion of ethics. Cathy O'Neil trainingdatastatistics I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam. Charles Babbage statisticswishmath When you have nothing to say, say nothing. Charles Caleb Colton statisticssilenceteaching Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life. Charles Dickens hard-timesstatisticswant The bearings of this observation lays in the application of it. Charles Dickens applicationobservationstatistics In the welter of statistics about selected ethnic origins (singular or multiple) in the last census, one finding was often overlooked. Of the 25,309,330 people living in Canada in 1986, only 69,065 declared themselves as Canadians. Charlotte Gray canadastatisticspeople Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning. Chili Davis statisticsbaseballwinning Statistics are there to be broken. Chris Kamara statisticsbroken The first requirement in using statistics is that the facts treated shall be reduced to comparable units. Claude Bernard requirementsstatisticsscience In the patient who succumbed, the cause of death was evidently something which was not found in the patient who recovered; this something we must determine, and then we can act on the phenomena or recognize and foresee them accurately. But not by statistics shall we succeed in this; never have statistics taught anything, and never can they teach anything about the nature of the phenomenon. Claude Bernard succeedstatisticsscience According to new statistics, Pope Francis is the most talked about person on the Internet. And not only that, he has the most viewed profile on Christian Mingle. Conan O'Brien statisticschristianreligion Rotten wood cannot be carved. Confucius rottenwoodsstatistics Is it in the UK's interests to leave the EU? It depends on your values. The answer can't be read off of GDP statistics under various scenarios or some measures of global influence. Dale Jamieson gdpstatisticsanswers Have you noticed that all the news, statistics, strategies about unemployment are provided by those who are employed? As soon as you are unemployed you cease to exist. Dale Spender unemploymentnewsstatistics Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious Daniel Libeskind obviousstatisticsinteresting It may be meaningless, but at least it's a gesture. Dave Barry gesturesstatisticsmay The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors. David Hockney scissorsstatisticsends«1234567891011»
