Statistics are unavoidable in business or when we want to sell some products. We study numbers in a try to see what the things are that people are truly interested in. Unfortunately, many people like to use numbers as a way to manipulate others. That is why we can see the false or irrelevant statistics. Quotes on statistics teach us that they are only numbers, so we shouldn’t rely on them completely and take them as facts.

Unreliable Numbers: Quotes About Statistics

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They are an extremely important part of science.

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Statistics never show the complete story.

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It can be easy to make people believe what we want them to believe, when we have the power of numbers.

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Statistics are not facts, but many people regard them so.

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The most important things in the world can’t be measured.

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Facts are the most important, not the numbers.

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Some people use the statistics unjustly as a way to prove their story.

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These numbers show only the half of the story.

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No researcher should ever completely put his trust in numbers.

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Statistics can only get rid of the uncertainties.

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They are so many ways to manipulate with others, and statistics is one of them.

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Argument can be settled according to the statistics.

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Sometimes, when a person is not sure how he should proceed, statistics can help.

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Numbers are not the most important thing, but happiness.

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A small part can reveal the whole thing.

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They are very important in democratic countries since everything is evaluated in numbers.

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You cannot use judgement instead of the statistics.

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Quotes on statistics tell us that we put too much importance on numbers.

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They always show just a half of the story.

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People’s lives are so much more than statistics.

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In the end, those are just numbers that shouldn’t matter more than life.

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Democracy and statistics are in the contrary.

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