I always find that statistics are hard to swallow and impossible t

I always find that statistics are hard to swallow and impossible to digest. The only one I can ever remember is that if all the people who go to sleep in church were laid end to end they would be a lot more comfortable. – Mrs. Robert A. Taft

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He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts — for support rather than for illumination. – Andrew Lang

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