“Always expect to find at least one error when you proofread your own statistics. If you don’t, you are probably making the same mistake twice.” (Cheryl Russell)
“Do not put faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.” (William W Watt)
"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable." (Mark Twain)
"I can prove anything by statistics except the truth." (George Canning)
“If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.” (Edward Tufte)
"It is easy to lie with statistics. It is hard to tell the truth without it." (Andrejs Dunkels)
“Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything.” (Gregg Easterbrook)
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