Thoughts on Mathematics and
Statistics.
One survey found that ten percent of
Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife....
Robert
Boynton
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering
from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're
okay, then it's you.
Rita Mae
Brown
Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of
course, in a state of sin.
John Von
Neuman
Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military
during wartime.
Alphonse
Allais
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Benjamin
Disraeli
Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can
be counted.
Albert
Einstein
I could prove God statistically.
George
Gallup
Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they
conceal is vital.
Aaron
Levenstein
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
Henry
Clay
Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance.
Morris
Kline
He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000
probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability, which is far from
certain.
Voltaire
Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as
the ability to read and write.
Herbert
George Wells