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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

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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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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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98% of all statistics are made up. – Author Unknown

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There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up. – Rex Stout, Death of a Doxy

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Then there is the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of six inches. – W.I.E. Gates

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