Statistics Quotes - Page 6

• All models are wrong, but some are useful.

  George E. P. Box

  Knowledge, Math, Science

  George E. P. Box, Norman R. Draper (2007). “Response Surfaces, Mixtures, and Ridge Analyses”, p.414, John Wiley & Sons

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• The bearings of this observation lays in the application of it.

  Charles Dickens

  Observation, Application, Lays

  'Dombey and Son' (1848) ch. 23 (Bunsby)

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• Every opinion reacts on him who utters it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Opinion

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.146, Harvard University Press

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• Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.

  William Godwin

  Self, Mind, Pupils

  William Godwin (2006). “Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.53, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Refuse the council of despair! Don't live by the statistics, live according to the prophetic word!

  Lou Engle

  Despair, Prophetic, Live By

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• The world is continuous, but the mind is discrete.

  David Mumford

  Mind, World, Mathematics

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• In science, each new point of view calls forth a revolution in nomenclature.

  Friedrich Engels

  Views, Nomenclature, Revolution

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• "I see it, but I don't believe it."

  Richard Dedekind

  Believe, Ontology, Logic

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• The type of measure used placed constraints on which statistics can be used.

  Stanley Smith Stevens

  Used, Type, Constraints

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• There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.

  William James

  Lying, Misunderstood, Persuasion

  'The Varieties of Religious Experience' (1902) lectures 14 and 15, p. 355

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• There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you.

  John W. Campbell

  Giving, Answers

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• Statistics indicate that the average American is a guy named Brian who lives in Ohio.

  Demetri Martin

  Ohio, Average, Guy

  Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is a Book”, p.41, Hachette UK

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• He would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch?

  Elias Canetti

  Scratches

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• Statistics, one may hope, will improve gradually, and become good for something. Meanwhile, it is to be feared the crabbed satirist was partly right, as things go: "A judicious man," says he, "looks at Statistics, not to get knowledge, but to save himself from having ignorance foisted on him."

  Thomas Carlyle

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

  English and Other Critical Essays Chartism, Chapter II

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• I learned many years ago never to waste time trying to convince my colleagues.

  Albert Einstein

  Years, Trying, Waste

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• Statistics in the hands of activists have power.

  Ela Bhatt

  Hands, Activist

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• We should not be pushing out figured when the facts are in the opposite direction.

  Aneurin Bevan

  Opposites, Pushing, Facts

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• To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.

  Aristotle

  Math, Knows, Primaries

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• A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.

  Confucius

  Wise, Science, Men

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• You know my methods. Apply them.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Method, Holmes, Knows

  Sign of Four (1890) ch. 6

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• The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.

  Edward de Bono

  Gambling, Use, Chance

  Edward De Bono (1971). “The use of lateral thinking”

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• God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets.

  Gian-Carlo Rota

  Education, Men, Infinity

  Mark Kac, Gian-Carlo Rota, Jacob T. Schwartz (2009). “Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy”, p.62, Springer Science & Business Media

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• According to the statistics, a man eats a prune every twenty seconds. I don't know who this fellow is, but I know where to find him.

  Morey Amsterdam

  Men, Twenties, Knows

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• I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

  George Canning

  Funny, Humorous, Prove

  "A Dictionary of Thought" edited by Tryon Edwards, (p. 587), 1908.

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• Statistics show 50% of the people use the internet. The rest have sex with real people.

  Jay Leno

  Sex, Real, People

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