Statistical Data Quotes

Statistics is the plural of anecdote.

Number is different from quantity. This difference is basic for any sort of theorizing in behavioral science, any sort of imagining of what goes on between organisms or inside organisms as part of their processes of thought.

Men lie, women lie, numbers dont

Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.

To understand God’s thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of his purpose.

I don't care about hundreds, fifties, averages.

This is what analysts have calculated. It's a number that's out there and we're not arguing with it.

It's the media who love statistics.

I'm not a fan of analytics. When I was a kid, I couldn't tell you what percentage Allen Iverson shot, or Michael Jordan.

I don't think there is any global warming. I don't see the statistical data for that.

I want to talk about things that are quantifiable, not a bunch of metro riders and crowd sizes.

Being insignificant statistically doesn't mean it's right or wrong. It just means you don't have enough data to show yes or no.

They're 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?

According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.

But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.

If we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.

The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere.

And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data.

I don't really care about statistics from other attackers.

I don't care what the polls say. I don't.

Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics.

Through and through the world is infested with quantity: To talk sense is to talk quantities. It is no use saying the nation is large. . . . How large? It is no use saying the radium is scarce. . . . How scarce? You cannot evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music, and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves.

I don't care what the polls say.

If you just heard 90 percent of dentists recommend something, it's too statistical. Nine out of 10 says: Well, it's just virtually everyone. It leads you to think of that joke about the one dentist. But so much of communication.