--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > But, as Winston Churchill said, "There are three kinds
> > of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."  Believe
> > the lie you prefer.
> 
> *********************
> 
> I prefer the fact that Disraeli said this:
> 
> "The British ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said "There are 
> three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics" (popularized by 
> Mark Twain in the U.S.). This does not mean that statistics are 
> worthless, but that they can be interpreted and manipulated to 
> support very different arguments."
> 
> http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y204/m06/abu0121/s04

Ha ha. I thought the source of the quote seemed off. 

Though I like Churchill's "We have already established what you are my
dear, we are now simply haggling over price."






To subscribe, send a message to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Or go to: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/
and click 'Join This Group!' 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 


Reply via email to