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“In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.”
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“There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up”
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“Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.”
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“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.”
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“Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance”
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“Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures.”
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“There are lies, damned lies and statistics.”
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“Democracy is an abuse of statistics.”
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“Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.”
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“I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics”
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“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable”
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