"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!" Quote from the presidential address in 1951 of mathematical statistician Samuel S. Wilks (1906 - 1964) to the American Statistical Association found in JASA,Vol. 46, No. 253., pp. 1-18.

"I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians" is a quote from American economist Hal R. Varian (1947 -). Full article here.

"For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics", The New York Times, August 5, 2009.

"Statistics: Your chance for happiness (or misery)", Xiao-Li Meng, Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics and Department Chair at Harvard University.

"Università: miti, leggende e realtà". Un interessante articolo che, dati alla mano, smonta molti degli argomenti avanzati dai media contro l'Università italiana.