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Perhaps most of us feel that we could accept death for ourselves and for those we love if it did not often seem to come with such untimeliness. But we rebel when it so little considers our wishes or our readiness. But we may well ask ourselves when would we be willing to part with or to part from those we love? And who is there among us whose judgment we would trust to measure out our lives? Such decisions would be terrible for mere men to make. But fortunately we are spared making them; fortunately they are made by wisdom higher than ours. And when death makes its visitations among us, inconsolable grief and rebellious bitterness should have no place. There must be no quarrel with irrevocable facts. Even when death comes by events which seem unnecessary and avoidable. We must learn to accept what we cannot help. Richard Louis Evans		Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
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Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. Evan Esar

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Evan Esar

Evan Esar (1899-1995) was an American humorist who wrote Esar's Comic Dictionary 1943 and 20,000 Quips and Quotes in 1968. He is known for quotes like "Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions." He also wrote, 'The legend of Joe Miller' which was privately printed for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by the Grabhorn Press in 1957. His quotes are commonly found in Crossword puzzles.

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Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

Canada's climate is nine months of winter and three months late in the fall.

Somebody is always doing something that somebody else said couldn't be done.

The word impossible is peculiar because if you examine it closely, you'll find that most of it is possible.

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

The secret of successful writing lies in striking the right keys on the typewriter.

A signature always reveals a man's character and sometimes even his name.

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