Quotes about Statistics
Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than on all other days of the year put together. This proves, by the numbers left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.
— Mark Twain
those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.
— Numbers 1:43
Even though the risks of death are higher driving than flying, many people would rather drive simply because they feel they have more control driving. The facts are that only a few hundred people die a year flying, and 44,000 are killed a year driving.
— Robert Kiyosaki
Only 9 percent of evangelicals tithe to their churches. Eight hundred new church plants survive each.
— James MacDonald
those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.
— Numbers 1:41
French fries kill more people than guns and sharks, yet nobody's afraid of French fries.
— Robert Kiyosaki
I can buy baseball cards to view an entire career on the back of a little square of cardboard. But nobody sells major league father cards with key statistics on the back ("Had a great season in 2005: set career highs in unforced expressions of affection and averaged 87 minutes of quality time per day.")
— John Ortberg
South Korea now has five of the world's ten biggest churches.
— Nancy Pearcey
And the number of men was 8,580.
— Numbers 4:48
435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
— Nehemiah 7:69
It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. We don't want genocide. We don't want to destroy the sacred institution of marriage.
— Alveda King
Seventy-five thousand people a day become Christians, two-thirds of whom live in Africa.
— Philip Yancey