Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!
If you want it, measure it. If you can’t measure it, forget it.
In God we trust; all others bring data.
The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation.
Nobody should try to use data unless he has collected data.
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.
To measure is to know.
Measure what is important, don’t make important what you can measure.
Let the dataset change your mindset.
Above all else show the data.
The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone’s backyard.
All models are wrong, but some are useful.
Statistics is the grammar of science.
Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.