Quotes by Statistics An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. Edmund Burke scandalstatisticsevents It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. Edmund Burke statisticsgreatnessnature The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance. Edward de Bono gamblingstatisticsuse If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers. Edward Tufte wrong-numberstatisticsnumbers What egotism, what stupid vanity, to suppose that a thing could not happen because you could not conceive it! Edwin Balmer vanitystatisticsstupid The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular. Edward Gibbon statisticslawscience Statistics in the hands of activists have power. Ela Bhatt activiststatisticshands He would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch? Elias Canetti scratchesstatistics You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. Elias Canetti magicstatisticsnames Since when was genius found respectable? Elizabeth Barrett Browning respectstatisticsgenius She goes in with a prejudice and comes out with a statistic. Ellen Goodman statisticsprejudice Current organisms have a higher probability of sharing a single code if the common ancestry hypothesis is true than they'd have if the hypothesis of separate ancestry were true. That is, the simpler hypothesis has the higher likelihood in the technical sense of "likelihood" used in statistics. Elliott Sober ancestrystatisticscommon All ignorance toboggans into know and trudges up to ignorance again. e. e. cummings statisticsignoranceknows Wherever groups disclosed themselves, or could be introduced, simplicity crystallized out of comparative chaos. Eric Temple Bell simplicitygroupsstatistics The Wall will stand for a hundred years. Erich Honecker wallstatisticsyears Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. Evan Esar statisticsmathscience Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. Evan Esar statisticsdefinitionsbusiness We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too. Evan Davis financestatisticssports [Statistics] The science that can prove everything except the usefulness of statistics. Evan Esar statisticstechnologyscience I know my statistics have not been the same as in other years but I'm fighting to get back to those statistics. Fernando Torres statisticsfightingyears«1234567891011»
