Statistics Quotes (308 Quotes)


    The statistics of life out there and the statistics of intelligent beings and advanced civilization is a certainty, the way I look at it. that It has not been accepted, because we've been in an anthropocentric era.

    We were very impressed with his athletic ability, his footwork, his arm strength, his delivery, his body language, huddle presence, all those things. We're certainly not misled by his statistics. We paid a lot more attention to what he was able to do on the practice field. He's quite a talent. We're very impressed.

    We have a VA hospital back home in St. Louis. Like many of our colleagues, we hear continued concerns about the access and the service. I have seen a statistic that more than 60,000 veterans today are waiting more than 6 months for an appointment at a VA hospital.

    I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.

    Normal statistics are like photographs. They can tell us only that X percentage have a problem. They can't tell us whether those problems are short term or long term, ... HILDA enables us to get a far better understanding of things and the news is good. HILDA tells us the number of people in Australia who are truly disadvantaged is small and many of them can be helped.


    It's one of the great enduring absurdities of baseball As much as the game is ruled by numbers and endlessly deconstructed by statisticians, most ball clubs don't have any reliable method for determining how far a batted ball has traveled once it leaves the field of play. When they aren't making crude geometric calculations on scratch paper or just purely guessing, team officials rely on survey diagrams that are nearly 20 years old or even send out members of the grounds crew to clamber around the outfield with spools of measuring tape. Accuracy has become such a problem that some teams have stopped trying to estimate distances entirely. There are so many variables, ... These numbers mean nothing when they're announced.

    Even in the face of continued good news, Kerry clings to his message of gloom and doom, supporting it with twisted statistics. Kerry's complaints about a middle class squeeze are out of touch with the reality that home sales hit a record high last month, college tuition increases slowed and consumer confidence is rising.



    And given that there's been probably a ten-fold amount of information about terrorism through the media than there has about climate change; I think that's quite an interesting statistic.

    The very best numbers tell you how long a typical house in the community goes from listing to sale. Realtors call these 'days-on-market' statistics. They're easy for your agent to get.


    If you examine the intensification of a single storm, or even the statistics on intensification for a particular season, factors like wind shear can play an important role. However, there is no global trend in wind shear or the other factors over the 35-year period.

    Statistics tell us that when you have 10 medical incidents then you're going to have a lost-time accident. We're up to 13 or 14 medical incidents, so we're overdue for a lost-time accident, according to statistics. That's why we must be more cautious than ever before, because statistics tell us we're overdue for one.


    You've got to look at general crime statistics, road safety statistics and all that sort of thing in deciding whether a place is safe or unsafe to visit. And certainly London does come out better in all those mundane but much more relevant statistics.


    I am mainly in favor of the issue because of the need to protect individual liberty. But, the research I have done and the statistics I have compiled show that states that have the Right to Work have better economies and are ahead of states that allow forced unionization.

    To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.

    I didn't sign three years ago (with the Rangers) because I enjoy statistics. I enjoy winning, ... You sacrifice statistics for the team. Those things brought me success. The biggest factors were the way the coach coaches the team and the way his teams play and that was good enough for me.


    We're at the stage of the business cycle where statisticians can't keep up with rapidly changing developments, especially new businesses. That's where the greatest potential for an upward revision is.

    I was scheduled to go to Paris next week and I was really sweating it until yesterday when the conference was canceled. Yes, I'm in the business and I understand that the statistics are in your favor when you fly, but I'm just like everybody else -- I don't make decisions based on statistics.


    Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.



    The census numbers tell us what we've known for years -- that soaring health care inflation is making health insurance unaffordable, so more folks go uninsured, and those who can afford it find their policies cover less and less. The data shows a continued deterioration in the use of employer-provided health insurance and increased reliance on Medicaid and public programs. If it had not been for more people moving into public programs, the number of uninsured would have increased another 2.3 million, the statistics show.

    That was one of the major issues, especially rape, and although we don't have statistics, we have the perception that it has improved. But there is, in my opinion, still a lot to do.

    There is so much more information out there on all the Web sites with statistics, against-the-spread info, totals ... people are becoming much more educated about what's a good bet. You have people betting (on lower-seeded teams) against teams seeded four, five or six, which gives (the books) balanced action on so many of these games.

    Our fund has five quantitative models that drive it, we are extremely disciplined in measuring numbers and statistics, and we never let emotion creep in. Though an individual's portfolio shouldn't be overrepresented in small-cap stocks, you'll want to have some, and growth rather than value will be a better place for the next few years.

    I'm definitely feeling, as the statistics say, that there is a larger inventory on the market right now. And that's really what's been driving our appreciation these last couple years, that very low inventory.

    I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning.

    Street had two days off. I'm not playing the statistic game right now. There's only one statistic that worried me and that's winning the game. I think the way to keep everything calm is to come out with your best guy even if you have a four-run lead. I know how this ballpark can get. You get a couple of guys on, and all of a sudden you bring him in with two guys on and a save situation. I prefer it to be the other way around. For me tonight, it was a save situation.


    The bill that I voted for said that the Bureau of Labor Statistics, if it's in their wisdom to put a cost of living in, it's OK, ... But they haven't done it.

    Coming into the study, we knew that the low-wage market is rife with violations of basic labor standards, but we still found the statistics shocking and disturbing.

    To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of.



    Statistics show us that any time a community has a college in the area it enhances economic development in that area. Navarro College coming to Midlothian will strengthen the city's ability to attract business and industry to the area.

    The stronger data virtually assure significant changes in the Fed's directive this week, ... The new directive will probably include a grudging acknowledgement of the stronger labor market and inflation statistics.

    I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32 approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in reality. And reality has a well-known liberal bias.

    I told him the other day ... I had a talk with him and I said to him, 'This is your time of year. We don't look at statistics, we look at wins.

    Twenty-one percent of West Virginians are not connected to water, 45 percent are not connected to sewer. I cannot live with those statistics, I want them reduced and then wiped out completely.

    We are encouraged not only by these preliminary results, but also by the level of collaboration in the Parkinson's community. These findings represent the efforts of pharmacologists, clinicians, statisticians, and clinical trial experts including NINDS staff who have come together with academia, industry, patients, and foundation groups to advance the development of innovative therapies for Parkinson's. The exceptional speed of patient recruitment allowed us to finish this study in record time.


    She's that quiet force on a team. Her presence never shows up in statistics as much as we felt it on the court. I think she was one of the top defenders in the state.

    Last week the indications from the meetings and from some of the Fed speakers was Yes, we're concerned about tightening too much, but everything is data-dependent. The interpretation from the statistics today appears to be that the Fed is not going to sto




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