Statistics prove..

[Scrumpy]

Whenever Sam and I had a disagreement he would say 'Statistics prove..'
I have since learned that statistics don't prove much really.. They differ as to where you are reading them..

What replies have you heard others use as a 'get out'..?

[zoony]

"It is what it is.." Worst of all I find mySELF using it!

[klondike]

57% of people do. 

[Jacqueline]

Can't remember who said it.  "There are lies, damned lies and statistics" or something along those lines.

[Cassandra]

Can't remember who said it.  "There are lies, damned lies and statistics" or something along those lines.

Many have claimed that Disraeli first used it but research shows that Leonard H. Courtney, (1832-1918), later Lord Courtney, quoted the phrase in a speech made in New York during 1895.

[Raven]

Aye, Right, Fine.  Then I'd leave the room.

[Michael Rolls]

It gets improved to
'there are lies, damned lies, statistics and government statistics'

Mike