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PHolder November 22, 2019, 8:26am 23

Suds:

Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination - Vin Scully

I always liked the “lies, damned lies and statistics” one:

en.wikipedia.org

Lies, damned lies, and statistics

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, "one of the best, and best-known" critiques of applied statistics. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point. The phrase was popularized in the United States by Mark Twain (among others), who attributed it to the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. However, the phrase is not found in any of Disraeli's works and the earli...

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