Top 15 Statistics Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone’s backyard.”

— John Tukey

2. “All models are wrong, but some are useful.”

— George E. P. Box

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3. “Statistics is the grammar of science.”

— Karl Pearson

4. “Above all else show the data.”

— Edward Tufte

5. “In God we trust; all others bring data.”

— W. Edwards Deming

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6. “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.”

— W. Edwards Deming

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7. “If you want it, measure it. If you can’t measure it, forget it.”

— Peter F. Drucker

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8. “The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation.”

— W. Edwards Deming

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9. “To measure is to know.”

— Lord Kelvin

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10. “Let the dataset change your mindset.”

— Hans Rosling

11. “43.7 per cent of all statistics are made up on the spot.”

— Steven Wright

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12. “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!”

— H. G. Wells

13. “One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.”

— Grace Murray Hopper

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14. “Measure what is important, don’t make important what you can measure.”

— Robert McNamara

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15. “Nobody should try to use data unless he has collected data.”

— W. Edwards Deming