Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang
Andrew Langwas a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth31 March 1844
Andrew Lang quotes about
drunken man uses
An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.
drunken man rather statistics support uses
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts, for support rather than illumination.
drunken man rather statistics support uses
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination
illumination drunk support
Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-postsfor support rather than illumination.
funny-life amusing
Life's more amusing than we thought.
summer weed beach
O 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.
drunken man rather uses
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.