An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.

– John Tukey

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.

– Mark Twain

Numbers have an important story to tell. They rely on you to give them a voice.

– Steven Few

If the statistics are boring, you’ve got the wrong numbers

– Edward Tufte

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.

Charles Babbage