Democracy is an abuse of statistics. — Jorge Luis Borges
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Jorge Luis Borges : Argentinian Poet
Born: August 24, 1899
Died: June 14, 1986
You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. Heinrich Heine…
Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and t…
We all know that Americans love their statistics – in sport,…
The Government are very keen on amassing statistics – they c…
Statistics is the grammar of science. Karl Pearson…
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. Jean…
You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. Heinrich Heine…
Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and t…
We all know that Americans love their statistics – in sport,…
The Government are very keen on amassing statistics – they c…
Statistics is the grammar of science. Karl Pearson…
Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eati…
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. Jean…
We already have the statistics for the future: the growth pe…
I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which sa…
I am 5 ft 6 in, and at my peak, my vital statistics were 37-…
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animat…
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny …
The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, ev…
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging …
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so cons…
What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of pow…
I’ve always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of th…
My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I w…
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry an…
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in th…
