Average

The average person thinks he isn't

quote by Larry Lorenzoni

Warren Buffet on statistics and metrics

I don't need to know a lady's weight
to know if she is fat or not

quote by Warren Buffet

The average

Statistics always remind me of the fellow who drowned in a river whose average depth was three feet.

quote by Woody Hayes, Ohio State football coach

The power of statistics

Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that people who have the most birthdays live the longest.

quote by Larry Lorenzoni

What counts

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Albert Einstein

Statistics

62.15% of all statistics are meaningless

The power of statistics

The average human being is the proud owner of 0.98765 testicles

Distrust quantitative data

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

Alvin Toffler

The average

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

William Phelps

Smoking

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

Fletcher Knebel

Statistics as a science

Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.

Evan Esar

The power of statistics

USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population.

David Letterman

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Lies

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

Benjamin Disraeli