The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus. – Laplace, Théorie analytique des probabilités, 1820
I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live. – Louis D. Brandeis
Statistics are no substitute for judgment. – Henry Clay
I could prove God statistically. – George Gallup
Round numbers are always false. – Samuel Johnson
He used statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts; for support rather than illumination. – Andrew Lang
I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, Im not going to deny that you dont now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. – Ronald Reagan
Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that youd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise. – Lewis Thomas
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. – Mark Twain
Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lamp posts… for support rather than illumination. – Source Unknown
