“For Example” is Not Proof

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The weaker the data available upon which to base one’s conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity. – Norman R. Augustine

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. – Marstorn Bates

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up. – Rex Stout

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. – Mark Twain

“For example” is not proof. – Yiddish proverb

An economist is a guy with a Phi Beta Kappa key on one end of his watch chain and no watch on the other. – Alben W. Barkley

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it. – Richard Lamm

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