Statistics Quotes (308 Quotes)


    With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects.


    The statistics do not reflect the quality of our play here as we continued to improve with each game. Im satisfied with our performance at this tournament even though our target was to reach the final.


    The statistics may show we strike more blacks, but it's not because they're black, ... It's because for one reason or another, they (prosecutors) don't think they are going to be fair and impartial.



    Well, right now, we just can't make mistakes like that. Statistics show that you lose the turnover battle, you have a very small chance of winning. It's proven itself the last two ball games.


    We have to be hungrier around their net, and the last few games, we just haven't done that. Sometimes shots are only statistics. You can take 100 shots, but if they're all from the outside, it really doesn't matter.

    No previous home secretary was in the position to provide this information because no previous home secretary had the information available to him. We have seen a significant reduction in key crime statistics. That is an improvement. It is not sufficient. We want to see more progress.




    It's all a matter of opinion. The goal is to do better than I did last year, which is more than 11 12 sacks. I'm not big on statistics, but that is the goal.


    It's a bit offensive that 50 percent of the people they've chosen to feature as being 'gun owners' are people who are obviously breaking the law and probably acquired their firearms illegally. When you look at the statistics, it's only a fraction of 1 percent of the 'gun owners' in the country who ever use firearms in an illegitimate way.

    I told him I had him for a triple-double 11, 11 and 11. The statistician, when you throw that bad pass to the guy who's surrounded by three people, gives it (turnover) to the guy who drops it. I don't.


    So, obviously, first comes the AFC West. The goal is to win playoff games, but the division is first, ... You can do it other ways, and we have won a Super Bowl as a wild card, but the statistics show there is no question, being at home gives you an advantage.



    Don't become a statistic, don't make someone else a statistic, don't hurt or maim or kill somebody else and don't do it to yourself. There always going to be that select few that are going to want to drink and drive and it's a shame because they're putting other people in danger as well as themselves.





    Statistics show that many people watch our show from the bedroom. and people you ask into your bedroom have to be more interesting than those you ask into your living room. I kid you not!

    A lot of the athletes from all 30 teams in the major leagues do give a lot back, ... Luis is one of those that when you say 1 million, personally, and 1,000 hours of volunteer work -- those are MVP statistics.

    Statistics received indicate that in just 30 days we lost some 1162 people on our roads. This means the country has been losing 39 people every day to car accidents. Even viewed against war scenarios such as the current war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the casualties on our roads come out worse.

    I just played my game, went out and tried to do as much as I could for my team, and it ended up being a triple-double.. I had no idea I was close to it until after the game. I never pay attention to statistics.


    As things stand, there is no consistent evidence that there is an increased risk of cancer associated with mobile phone use, but we need to recognise that the statistics are not enormous. The number of people who have had long-term use of phones (and cancer) is really small,



    I'm very proud of it because I take my job very, very seriously. And to work as hard as I have and to play as long as I have and not to miss a game, I think is a pretty remarkable statistic, I don't care if you are a punter. I look at (defensive end) Jim Marshall and look at how many games he played in a row and it's even more remarkable.

    The basketball world respects winning in the playoffs. You don't have to have the basketball world to be a rich man, with statistics. Thirty teams are always going to sign good players, but the special player usually performs in the playoffs.

    One of the statistics you look for in pizza is trying to establish a loyalty rate. If you get someone to try your pizza, can you get them to convert to you






    This is going to take a lot of teacher training. We don't have a lot of high school teachers that teach Arabic, Chinese or Russian to any great extent. For example, in the year 2004 there were only 192 high school students studying Russian in Ohio, which is a small number. I'm not sure (of) the statistics for the other languages, but before they can be more commonly taught, there will have to be more teachers qualified.



    I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds.

    It's taken a while but the market is now moving on the statistics. We tried to take it up when they first came out but failed, which made folks a little gun shy. Concern about gasoline supply and prices are driving things.

    I don't know if you can measure everybody strictly on statistics. Mary played with a lot of courage, and I think when you look up and see a kid fighting day in and day out with pain because of her passion to want to play, it makes everyone else a little better.


    Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.



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