#statistic

Out of a hundred people: Those who always know better- 52 Doubting every step- all the rest Glad to lend a hand if it doesn’t take too long- as high as 49 Always good, because they can’t be otherwise- 4 maybe 5 Able to admire without envy- 18 Living in constant fear of something or someone- 77 Capable of happiness- 20 something tops Harmless singly, savage in crowds- half at least Wise after the fact- just a couple more than wise before it Taking only things from life- 30 (I wish I were wrong) Righteous- 35, which is a lot Righteous and understanding- 3 Worthy of compassion- 99 Mortal- 100 out of 100 (Thus far this figure still remains unchanged.) ↗

— Wisława Szymborska

#statistics #wisdom #life

Above all else show the data. ↗

— Edward R. Tufte

#graphics #statistics #visualization

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#almighty #god #likelihood #might #omnipotence

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#baseball #lot #me #mean #more

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#kinds #lies #statistics #three

Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain even more. Dieting makes you fat. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#dieting #even #ever #extremely #fat

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic. ↗

— Ernie Harwell

#baseball #becomes #booed #cheered #every

One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#million #statistic #tragedy

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. ↗

— Michel De Certeau

#constituting #everywhere #formerly #great #great silence

I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#apply #belief #beyond #did #divorce