Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-postsfor support rather than illumination.
Andrew LangO grant me a house by the beach of a bay, Where the waves can be surly in winter, and play With the sea-weed in summer, ye bountiful powers! And I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, For a house full of books, and a garden of flowers.
Andrew LangOf all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.
Andrew Lang