No. However they can be used to mislead people or twisted to indicate things that seem good but aren't (this is called spindoctoring) in various ways. Examples include driving accident statistics -...
The quote has been attributed to mark Twain and also to Benjamin Disraeli; I'll have to check references...
What it means in a nutshell is that statistics can be used to manipulate the truth in any...
Statistics never lie: Those whom interpret then, being human, if not allways, but certainly often, interpret them incorredtly. It's the same with words: They in themselves cant lie; however...