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“The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's far too many.”

Numbers Victim Blame Moved Opposition Statistics Advocating

Author:Patricia Ireland

“I think that having good data, good statistics-and the United States generally has better macroeconomic statistics than most countries-and having good economists to interpret those data and present the policy alternatives, has a substantially beneficial effect on policymaking in the United States.”

Thinking Country States United United States Effects Policy Data Alternatives Statistics Economist Beneficial Macroeconomics

Author:Ben Bernanke

“The export market is based, on high-paying jobs. I`ve seen statistics that show that people make over 88 a year generally benefit from this because these are export jobs.”

People Years Shows Jobs Benefits Statistics

Author:Charles Schumer

“One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected?”

People Wells Different Government Percent Supposed To Be Chinese Statistics Approval Chinese Government

Author:Bill Gates

“Statistics don't lie. It's the people who make up the statistics that lie.”

People Lying Statistics Don't Lie

Author:George W. Buck

“If two baseball players from the same hometown, on different teams, receive the same uniform number, it is not ironic. It is a coincidence. If Barry Bonds attains lifetime statistics identical to his father's, it will not be ironic. It will be a coincidence.”

Ifs Two Different Father Numbers Player Team Baseball Lifetime Statistics Ironic Uniforms Coincidence Identical Hometown Baseball Player

Book:Brain Droppings

Source: Brain Droppings

“Statistics indicate that the average American is a guy named Brian who lives in Ohio.”

Guy Average Statistics Ohio Brian

Book:This Is a Book

Source: This Is a Book

“We should not be pushing out figured when the facts are in the opposite direction.”

Should Facts Opposites Pushing Statistics

Author:Aneurin Bevan

“I think that could be perhaps a little misleading and even our statistics can mislead people at the times though they are not misleading in themselves. It is just that people get mislead”

People Thinking Littles Statistics Mislead

Author:Norman Tebbit

“If you unpack the statistics on who is supporting , Donald Trump, it means that there is a lot of people who hold very bigoted racist ideas and there is a lot of them.”

People Ifs Mean Ideas Trump Racist Statistics

Author:Keith Ellison

“Americans know very little about social statistics, but I am not sure that it's important that Americans know about social statistics.”

Knows Littles Important Social Not Sure Statistics

Author:Milton Friedman

“Statistics do not speak for themselves.”

Speak Statistics

Author:Milton Friedman

“David has scored 62 goals in 148 games for Ipswich and those statistics tell me that he plays games and scores goals. (on David Johnson)”

Play Games Goal England Score Statistics Johnson

Author:David Platt

“If Jesus Christ were to sit down with us and ask for an accounting of our stewardship, I am not sure He would focus much on programs and statistics. What the Savior would want to know is the condition of our heart. He would want to know how we love and minister to those in our care, how we show our love to our spouse and family, and how we lighten their daily load. And the Savior would want to know how you and I grow closer to Him and to our Heavenly Father.”

“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.”

Inspirational Humans Human Beings Decision Sadness Philosophical Misery Miserable Statistics Habitual Indecision Indecisive Miserable People

Author:William James

“Homicide, often involving guns, is a disease that is the leading cause of death for young black men, and the second-leading cause of death for all people aged fifteen to twenty-four. That makes it the leading health issue, particularly when guns are used in combination with drugs and alcohol. And the statistics show that is most often the case.”

“Well, of course, all of the statistics say there are fewer eligible black men in my circle. But I've never thought of it that way. I believe that if the right person came into my life that would have been terrific.”

Ifs Men Way Believe Wells Persons Has Beens Courses I Believe Black Circles Statistics Fewer Terrific Right Person

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“Does the human being reason? No; he thinks, muses, reflects, but does not reason...that is, in the two things which are the peculiar domain of the heart, not the mind, politics and religion. He doesn't want to know the other side. He wants arguments and statistics for his own side, and nothing more.”

Thinking Knows Want Mind Humans Heart Doe Two Reason Sides Human Beings Argument Reasoning Two Things Statistics Peculiar Muse Domain Reflecting Religion And Politics

Author:Mark Twain

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

People Ifs Persons Seems Five Four Normal Statistics Disturbed

Author:Jean-Claude Van Damme

“Most memoirs about alcoholism, promiscuity, and addiction are deep, sobering tales full of scars that will never heal and include alarming statistics and reflection about recovery.This is not one of those memoirs.”

Reflection Addiction Heal Tales Memoir Recovery Statistics Scar Alcoholism Promiscuity

Author:Kate Madison

“There's always been a shortage of roles for three-dimensional women, no matter what age. If you look at the statistics on women in film, be they behind the camera or in front of the camera, and it's pretty nauseous-making. It always has been.”

Ifs Looks Has Beens Matter Age Film Three Behinds Roles Fronts Cameras No Matter What Statistics Shortage

Author:Sally Field

“A recent Pew Study revealed that 70% of Americans with a religious affiliation say that many religions lead to eternal life. Some people might think that "surely the statistics among evangelical Christians is different." Not by much.”

People Thinking Different Might Christian Religious Study Eternal Statistics Eternal Life Evangelical Affiliation

Author:Robert Jeffress

“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.”

Men Atheism Missing Roots Statistics Superstitions Observing Superstitious Irrationality

Author:Francis Bacon

“There is certainly the intention of efforts like the Common Core to raise education standards and make sure that every student masters advanced math concepts - algebra, geometry, statistics and probability.”

Common Effort Students Masters Standards Concepts Raises Intention Math Core Statistics Probability Geometry Algebra Common Core

Author:Anya Kamenetz

“[Freud's] great strength, though sometimes also his weakness, was the quite extraordinary respect he had for the singular fact... When he got hold of a simple but significant fact he would feel, and know, that it was an example of something general or universal, and the idea of collecting statistics on the matter was quite alien to him.”

Knows Feels Ideas Sometimes Matter Facts Science Simple Example Weakness Universal Extraordinary Significant Aliens Statistics Biographies Collecting

Book:The life and work of Sigmund Freud

Source: The life and work of Sigmund Freud

“In 1962 and 1963, there were two abominable decisions out of the Supreme Court, and that was taking prayer out of school, and taking bible reading out of school. But you know, if you look at the statistics, two very critical things happened after that date. Number one: teen pregnancy skyrocketed. Number two: violent crime skyrocketed.”

“I swear on my children's lives that I never look at the statistics or look at beating anyone's records. All I do is look to improve but not compete against any record. I want to win trophies and score goals because that's my job as a forward.”

Want Looks Children Jobs Winning Goal Records My Children Score Statistics Swear Trophies

Author:Luis Suarez

“If you look at the statistics regarding Native Americans, you will see that most of the tribes since the 70s have improved their economic situation in some form. And this has been brought about by their aggressive assertion of their sovereign treaty rights.”

Ifs Looks Has Beens Form Situation Rights Economic Native Statistics Aggressive Native American Sovereign Tribes Assertion Treaties

Author:Leonard Peltier

“Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it's increasingly girls, not boys, who don't know how to read.”

Knows Firsts Shows School Fall Girl Behinds Boys Know How Statistics Housework

Author:Melinda Gates

“Take, for example, Lithuania. Do you know, what was its population in the Soviet times? It was 3.4 mln people. It was a small country, a small republic. And what is it now? I have looked though the recent statistics, today the population of this country is 1.4 mln people. Where are the people? More than half of the citizens have left the country.”

People Knows Country Today Left Half Example Citizens Population Statistics Do You Know Republic Soviet Small Countries Lithuania

Author:Vladimir Putin

“The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning.”

Humans Two Religion Three Causes Common Serious Errors Assumption Reasoning Statistics Correlation

Book:The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)

Source: The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)

“Fate laughs at probabilities.”

Funny Science Laughing Fate Humorous Statistics Probability

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Insight is not the same as scientific deduction, but even at that it may be more reliable than statistics.”

May Science Insight Statistics Deductions

Author:Anthony Standen

“Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running experiments.”

Running Stuff White Scientist Aim Experiments Statistics Coats Psychologist White Coat

Author:Daniel Kahneman

“If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”

Ifs Thinking Jobs Waiting Design Designer Expensive Programming Statistics Inspirational Design Inspirational Graphic Design Design Inspiration Art Design

Author:Red Adair

“You ask a person what their personal favorite song on the album is, and it's literally the one with the least amount of listens if you looked at the statistics of it.”

Ifs Persons Song Asks Amount Albums Statistics Favorite Song

Author:Regina Spektor

“If you look at the single-payer systems, like Scandinavia, Canada, and elsewhere, they can get costs down because, you know, although their care, according to statistics, overall is as good or better on primary care, in particular, they do impose things like waiting times, you know.”

Ifs Knows Looks Care Waiting Particular Cost Primaries Canada Statistics Elsewhere Scandinavia Primary Care

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Current organisms have a higher probability of sharing a single code if the common ancestry hypothesis is true than they'd have if the hypothesis of separate ancestry were true. That is, the simpler hypothesis has the higher likelihood in the technical sense of "likelihood" used in statistics.”

Ifs Used Common Higher Currents Code Statistics Organisms Probability Hypothesis Ancestry Likelihood

Author:Elliott Sober

“As a Mark brand ambassador, I became extremely cognizant of the devastating statistics about dating abuse and partner violence via the mPowerment campaign and knew I wanted to help change those statistics. mPowerment by Mark and the Avon Foundation for Women funded the No More study, which explored dating abuse, partner violence, and sexual assault. I was honored to be part of it and report the results of the survey in a Capitol Hill briefing.”

“I have made 70 or so films. In all my films not a single actor, a single extra, was hurt. Not one. So statistics are on my side when I say I'm clinically sane.”

Made Film Actors Sides Hurt Extras Statistics Sane

Author:Werner Herzog

“Is it in the UK's interests to leave the EU? It depends on your values. The answer can't be read off of GDP statistics under various scenarios or some measures of global influence.”

Values Interest Answers Influence Depends Various Statistics Scenarios Gdp

Author:Dale Jamieson

“The training one receives when one becomes a technician, like a data scientist - we get trained in mathematics or computer science or statistics - is entirely separated from a discussion of ethics.”

Computer Training Ethics Scientist Mathematics Data Discussion Statistics Computer Science Technicians

Author:Cathy O'Neil

“We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.”

Long Stories Shows Elements Distance Statistics Dedication Heartbeat Long Distance

Author:Casey Kasem

“If you look at the statistics of fratricide or intra-sibling homicide, it's extremely rare. And look at Burke [Ramsey] and JonBenet at the time of her murder. She was the powerhouse, the firecracker; she's the dominant one, not him. I just don't see it. And as I recall, John Ramsey passed a lie detector test. I can unequivocally say that Burke is not the killer nor do I think John Ramsey is the killer. Let's leave it there.”

Ifs Thinking Looks I Can Lying Tests Murder Statistics Killers Recalls Dominant Sibling Homicide Firecracker

Author:Nancy Grace

“I noticed one thing. According to the ABA statistics, only 3.5 percent of lawyers in America in 2000 were Hispanic, yet they - Hispanics make up 5 percent of the federal district court judges and 6 percent of circuit court judges.”

America One Thing Judging Percent Court Lawyer Statistics Circuits Hispanic Court Judges

Author:Jeff Sessions

“Statistics tell us that of the 500,000 people who arrived, those who are granted political asylum are more or less 10 percent. I mean those who are fleeing from war, from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, parts of Nigeria. Welcoming them, in all of these cases, is our duty. For illegals, though, expulsion is needed.”

People Mean War Political Cases Duty Needed Percent Iraq Welcome Granted Statistics Afghanistan Syria Nigeria Asylums Fleeing Expulsion

Author:Matteo Salvini

“Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.”

Want Looks Art School Accepting Students Hundred University Statistics Application Art School

Author:Ai Weiwei

“African-American men are more likely to be killed in police incidents, stopped and searched, and sentenced to longer prison terms than white men convicted of similar crimes. Behind these statistics are heart-wrenching stories of lives cut short and families ripped apart.”

Men Heart Stories Term White Behinds Cutting Crime Police Prison African American Statistics White Man Incidents Ripped Heart Wrenching

Author:Hillary Clinton

“This is a dishonest administration, because it is becoming clear that the unemployment statistics of the [Barack] Obama administration are not believable.”

Clear Becoming Administration Barack Statistics Unemployment Believable

Author:Nat Hentoff

“I think if you look at the statistics and you deal with fake media - and fake media and distorted media is a continuum - the vast majority of the population says, "I don't know what to believe." There are no checks and balances in quality control.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Believe Looks Deals Quality Media Balance Majority Population Checks Fake Statistics Continuum Quality Control

Author:Ray Dalio

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