A Quote by Ashleigh Brilliant

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

Ashleigh Brilliant

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Born: December 9, 1933

43.7 per cent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Steven Wright

I got a letter from the IRS. Apparently I owe them $800. So I sent them a letter back. I said, If you'll remember, I fastened my return with a paper clip, which according to your very own latest government pentagon spending figures will more than make up for the difference.

Emo Philips

Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures.

Wilhelm Stekel

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

Evan Esar

We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures.

Bernard Nathanson

Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data.

Linda Chavez

As an elected official, I live a very public life. That elected figures live under something of a microscope is perhaps a necessary condition for an informed public, and yet, even as a public official, I maintain very personal documents that are not intended for public view.

Susana Martinez

I have a completely new knee. It's brilliant. I am not feeling my age at all. I feel about 43, a willowy blonde 43 years old with long legs.

Judi Dench

Benjamin Netanyahu has made the official policy of the Israeli government the two-state solution, at a time when he had opposition from many quarters. That is his official position. He remains publicly committed to it, but not just publicly; also in diplomacy, totally committed to moving swiftly toward that solution.

Michael Oren

Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.

Evan Esar

According to statistics, one person out of five is disturbed. If there are four people around you who seem normal, that's not good.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

In 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 64 percent of mothers with children under six worked.

Rebecca Traister

To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is worthless if you spend your whole life in a mental hospital. It is worthless if you worry about not having money. It is worthless if you become neurotic because you cannot get a prestigious job. It is worthless if you weep because you lose your girlfriend.

Kodo Sawaki

According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians.