Lamppost Quotes

Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination. (Vin Scully)
Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. View quote
John Osborne
Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist. View quote
Dean Koontz
The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron. View quote
Ted Rall
A lot of people think right-wingers aren't capable of being amusing at all. Not true. Mussolini looked hilarious swinging from that lamppost. View quote
Charlie Brooker
When I landed on the top of a lamppost in the London dusk it was peeing with rain. View quote
Jonathan Stroud
Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street, because that's where the light is. It has no other choice. View quote
Noam Chomsky
Just between you and me and the lamppost, Dylan could easily begirl's perfect other half. If I didn't alreadya perfect other half, I might have been thrilled with the gift of my very own gorgeous mutant. View quote
James Patterson
Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost? View quote
Paulo Coelho
Politicians use research findings the way a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not for illumination. View quote
Jared Bernstein