Statistics sayings

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◆ There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.

- Benjamin Disraeli99

◆ Statistically 1 out of 5 females and 1 out of 8 males will go through a depressive episode at some point during their lives. You're never alone.

- 99

◆ Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance that the love of your life is having an affair. Be very suspicious.

- Scott Dikkers99

◆ 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

- 99

◆ The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

- Abraham Lincoln99

◆ Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off.

- Paul Brodeur99

◆ I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in "reality." And reality has a well-known liberal bias.

- Stephen Colbert99

◆ I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that.

- Mike Schmidt99

◆ Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.

- Ani Difranco99

◆ Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.

- Aaron Levenstein99

◆ There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up

- Rex Stout99

◆ Statistics are no substitute for judgment

- Henry Clay99

◆ Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death

- Hilaire Belloc99

◆ I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.

- Dizzy Dean99