A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
Joseph StalinTags: life humanity death tragedy media statistics
There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Benjamin DisraeliTags: truth attributed-no-source misattributed-mark-twain lies lying statistics
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns- the ones we don't know we don't know.
Donald RumsfeldTags: knowledge statistics
A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
BanksyTags: humor statistics obesity
We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.
E.M. ForsterTags: poetry statistics poverty
Most murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. In fact, you are most likely to be murdered by a member of your own family on Christmas day.
Mark HaddonTags: statistics
Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance that the love of your life is having an affair. Be very suspicious.
Scott DikkersTags: humor love romance relationships statistics infidelity adultery suspicion
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.
Mark TwainTags: statistics facts
Whenever I read statistical reports, I try to imagine my unfortunate contemporary, the Average Person, who, according to these reports, has 0.66 children, 0.032 cars, and 0.046 TVs.
Kató LombTags: humor statistics
...when one considers that there are more than 750,000 police officers in the United States and that these officers have tens of millions of interactions with citizens each year, it is clear that police shootings are extremely rare events and that few officers--less than one-half of 1 percent each year--ever shoot anyone.
David KlingerTags: statistics shooting law-enforcement
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