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Statistics are no substitute for judgement. -- Henry Clay
Statistics: A system for expressing your political prejudices in convincing scientific guise.
Statistics clearly show ... the two happiest groups of people are married women and single men.
Think about it....
Statistics - figures used as arguments. -- Leonard Louis Levinso
Statistics indicate that, as a result of overwork, modern executives are dropping like flies on the nation's golf courses.
-- Ira Wallach...
Statistics in the hands of an engineer are like a lamppost to a drunk--they're used more for support than illumination.
-- Bill Sangster, Dean of Engineering, Georgia Tech...
Statistics: Numbers looking for an argument.
Statistics prove that 10% of all accidents are caused by drunk people.
It means that the rest of 90% are caused by people who didn't drink....
Status is gained in the eyes of others, and in one's own eyes, because it is assumed that the importance of the work justifies the stress.
STATUS QUO is Latin for "the mess we're in.
[the situation in which [we are]] -- Kelvin Throop III, "The Management Dictionary...

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