There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

—Benjamin Disraeli

TOPICS: statistics, humor

Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance.

—Morris Kline

TOPICS: statistics, humor

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts—for support rather than illumination.

—Andrew Lang

TOPICS: statistics, humor

Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.

—Herbert George Wells

TOPICS: culture, statistics