Edward Tufte Quotes

We need proof in our society.

The facts, if they are there, speak for themselves.

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

Numbers don't lie. Women lie, men lie, but numbers don't lie.

Without facts you can't have truth.

I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics. No man can.

If you torture the data long enough, it will confess.

Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important.

Science by itself is about numbers, and it's about measuring things. It's very important but it's very dry.

The statistics might have a Eurosceptic cast, but they are not exactly a fun read. Few of us want to wade through ONS graphs or European Commission tables.

Science is facts.

I criticize a lot of players and coaches. But I back it up with facts. A lot of times guys get mad at me because someone told them what I said. I say, 'You're wrong: Go check the tape.'

Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game.

Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.

You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

The facts will speak for themselves. Credit them or not, but read!

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

The primary role of the economist is to find out the truth about the real world.

The Government are very keen on amassing statistics; they collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But what you must never forget is that every one of those figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman, who just puts down what he damn pleases.

It is easy to lie with statistics. It is hard to tell the truth without it.

Data is not necessarily information. Information does not necessarily lead to knowledge. And knowledge is not always sufficient to discover truth and breed wisdom.

Don't confuse evidence with a conclusion.

As a trial lawyer in front of a jury and an author of true-crime books, credibility has always meant everything to me. My only master and my only mistress are the facts and objectivity. I have no others.

Science is a wonderful way of getting out what's real.