Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. – Evan Esar
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. – Evan Esar
Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures dont lie, but admits than under analysis some of them wont stand up either. – Evan Esar
Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasnt done it. – Evan Esar
Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a delusion. Have we the intelligence and discipline to vigilantly guard against our tendency to grow without limit? – Lynn Margulis