Logo
Quote by Andrew Lang
He used statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts; for support ra

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

Other quotes by Andrew Lang

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

Category:
Statistics
Author
Andrew Lang
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Statistics
category

The plural of anecdote is data. – Raymond Wolfinger

Category:
Statistics

Statistics may be defined as “a body of methods for making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty.” – W.A. Wallis

Category:
Statistics

Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lamp posts… for support rather than illumination. – Source Unknown

Category:
Statistics

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

Category:
Statistics

Random Quotes

The perch swallows the grub-worm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisherman swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in the scale of being are filled. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Fish, Fishing

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. – Henry Ward Beecher

Category:
good

The chicken came first — God would look silly sitting on an egg. – Author Unknown

Category:
Humorous

But because weve all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone. – Wallace Shawn

Category:
Experience