There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up

Quote by Rex Stout

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To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.

To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.

To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to...

To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to...

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had...

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had...

Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful.

Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful.

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you...

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you...

The minute those two little particles inside a woman's womb have joined together, billions of...

The minute those two little particles inside a woman's womb have joined together, billions of...

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to...

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to...

A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born...

A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born...

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love...

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love...

The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote.

The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote.

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being...

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being...

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come,...

If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come,...

Everything in a story should be credible.

Everything in a story should be credible.

Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off.

Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off.

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got...

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...