#statistic

The individual source of the statistics may easily be the weakest link. ↗

— Josiah Stamp

#individual #link #may #source #statistics

J. E. Littlewood, a mathematician at Cambridge University, wrote about the law of truly large numbers in his 1986 book, "Littlewood's Miscellany." He said the average person is alert for about eight hours every day, and something happens to the average person about once a second. At this rate, you will experience 1 million events every thirty-five days. This means when you say the chances of something happening are one in a million, it also means about once a month. The monthly miracle is called Littlewood's Law. ↗

— David McRaney

#delusion #psychology #statistics #experience

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

There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#lies #lying #statistics #truth #truth

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. ↗

— Mark Twain

#more #pliable #statistics #stubborn

Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and statistician guy - I'm sitting around - they start talking about stuff, and I say, 'What's that? I've never heard of that one before.' ↗

— George Brett

#around #ball game #baseball #baseball game #before

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head. ↗

— Dizzy Dean

#batting #got #hate #head #i

We can no longer waste time and money. Every day, more than 2,000 girls in America, age 15-19, give birth - in the wealthiest, most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#age #america #birth #day #educated

Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, smart people say the universe is so big there must be something statistically it could be likely there could be something happening on some other world. ↗

— Jeff Goldblum

#big #certainly #compelling #could #delicious

We are just statistics, born to consume resources. ↗

— Horace

#consume #just #resources #statistics