Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
Misattributed quotes — Vin Scully
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Vin Scully (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Vin Scully (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.