Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.Often attributed to Mark Twain; Quoted in Mark Twain, Autobiography, ch. 29, (1924), his exact words were:

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.Often attributed

Summary

This quote suggests that statistics can be misleading and manipulated to serve a particular agenda. It implies that statistics can be used to create and perpetuate lies just as effectively as direct falsehoods. With this statement, Mark Twain implies that people should be cautious when interpreting numerical data, as they can be easily misused or misrepresented to support any desired narrative.

Topics

Deception/lying

By Benjamin Disraeli

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It is a common seen by experience that excellent memories do

It is a common seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgments.

Michel de Montaigne

Judgment Judging

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Beauty

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

Zora Neale Hurston

Nature

The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a countr

The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a country which has rejected them. Therefore, these foreigners wherever they go or travel they will be rained down with bullets from everyone. Attacks by members of the resistance will only go up.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Travel

Paris is the caf? of Europe.

Paris is the caf? of Europe.

Ferdinando Galiani

Cities

Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of thin

Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.

Respect

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

Desiderius Erasmus

Truth

This isn't really, and never has been, a debate about scienc

This isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy.

Phillip E. Johnson

Religion Science Philosophy

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers p

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.

Money

Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is

Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge shall every room be filled with precious and pleasant riches.

Wisdom

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Communication

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Death