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Statistics Are Like Lampposts: They Are Good To Lean On, But They Don't Shed Much Light.
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Statistics are like lampposts: they are good to lean on, but
they don't shed much light.
-- Storm P (Robert Storm-Petersen), 1882-1946, Danish black-and-white artist
Related:
The thunder was ominous-sounding, much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.
Dignity is like a flag. It flaps in a storm. -- Roy Mengo
Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black. Danish Proverb
If there was a terrible storm outside, but somehow this dog lived through the storm, and he showed up at your door when the storm was finally over, I think a good name for him would be Carl.
-- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey...
But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed
Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever....
Where sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
-- Robert Burns (1759-1796) -- Tam o' Shante...
Life is the storm before the calm...
Not every cloud engenders a storm.
Flame on! -- Johnny Storm