There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart.

An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.

All we know about the world teaches us that the effects of A and B are always different-in some decimal place-for any A and B. Thus asking "are the effects different?" is foolish.

When communicating results to non-technical types there is nothing better than a clear visualization to make your point.

I know of no person or group that is taking nearly adequate advantage of the graphical potentialities of the computer.

It's better to solve the right problem approximately than to solve the wrong problem exactly.

The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard.