[1], The house he built at Maitland, Dunmore House, is now heritage-listed. We’re going to have to do it ourselves. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. Enter a valid zip code. Update History: The 1903 citation was added on January 16, 2014, and sections of the article were rewritten. I believe it was said of one: “He uses figures as a drunkard uses lampposts, not to light him the way but to conceal his own instability.”, In 1948 the influential newspaper commentator Walter Winchell printed the saying in his column: 11, We don’t recall the author’s name, but the poll fiasco makes it timely: “Some men use statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts. Andrew Lang was a Scottish-born Australian politician. But during my time there, it became clear to me that job creation will not outpace the massive impending job loss due to automation. Despite the success I saw with VFA, as I worked in these cities, I came to a terrible realization: automation is destroying jobs, and entire regions are being left behind. Andrew Lang was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Great thanks to Barry Popik for his valuable work on this topic. In April 1937 the mass-circulation periodical “The Reader’s Digest” printed the expression ascribed to Lang in a section called “Toward a More Picturesque Speech”. (GenealogyBank), 1946 June 5, Hansard, United Kingdom Parliament, House of Lords (Lords Sitting), IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY, Speaking: Lord Cherwell (Mr Frederick Lindemann), HL Deb 05, volume 141, cc776-846 776. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. Learn More. Andrew Lang’s zodiac sign is Aries. He migrated to New South Wales and acquired land near Maitland and in the Illawarra.From 1858 to 1861 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.. Andrew Lang was born in the Year of the Dragon. Also many thanks to Victor Steinbok who initiated a mailing list discussion about this quotation, and thanks to the other participants. In 1946 Lord Cherwell speaking in the House of Lords in the Parliament of Great Britain delivered a statement that combined the sayings connected to Housman and Lang: 10, Some Ministers, I know, are not trusted with figures by their officials. Companies like Amazon are paying $0 in taxes; it’s no wonder our economy doesn’t work for us when the biggest winners aren’t paying their fair share. Together. Andrew has 7 jobs listed on their profile. Hence, the quotation probably appeared in this earlier issue; however, QI has not yet verified the text on paper. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. In the following passage the abbreviation “MSS” was used for manuscripts. [Footnote 1] Andrew Lang’s agreeable analogy. This magazine was an important locus for propagating quotations: 4, He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts – for support rather than for illumination (Andrew Lang), On April 20, 1937 the politician Captain McEwen used the saying while speaking in the Parliament of Great Britain as recorded in the Hansard. (The Preface by the author is dated July 1, 1937) (HathiTrust), 1937 August, The Atlantic Monthly, A Nation of Onlookers by John R. Tunis, Start Page 141, Quote Page 142, Column 1, The Atlantic Monthly Company, Boston, Massachusetts and New York. They are facts and figures. Also in 1963 the famous image-maker David Ogilvy published “Confessions of an Advertising Man”, and he employed the simile without attribution: 13, How do you decide what kind of image to build? [5] They are members of the Cross of Calvary Lutheran Church in Olivia. (Verified on microfilm), 1938 November 11, Register-Republic, Health Statistics Do Not Always Give True Picture, Physician Says by Iago Galdston, M.D., Quote Page 16, Column 7, Rockford, Illinois. Entrepreneur. A crisis is underway—we have to work together to stop it, or we risk losing the heart of our country. Addendum: QI is working to verify a citation for a variant that apparently was used by Lord Tweedsmuir, the Governor-General of Canada, in an address delivered on March 29, 1937 at the University of Toronto. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Policies On the Issues. Join Andrew Yang's fight to put Humanity First. Do you know who coined this colorful simile? (Google Books Snippet View only; this metadata has not yet been verified on paper and may be inaccurate). A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. (GenealogyBank), 1963, Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy, Quote Page 100, Published by Atheneum, New York. Phone (Optional) I'm in . (Google Books Full View), 1937, Lancer at Large by Francis Yeats-Brown, Quote Page 9, The Viking Press, New York. The preface was dated July 1, 1937 which placed a lower-bound on the release date. As per our current Database, Andrew Lang has been died on Jul 20, 1912 (age 68). (Verified on paper), September 1937, The Education Digest, “An Uncultivated Field” by Thomas H. Briggs, (Reported from the Teachers College Record, May 1937, Volume 38, Pages 637 to 647), Start Page 12, Quote Page 12, Education Digest, Prakken Publications, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He published a volume of metrical experiments called "The Ballads and Lyrics of Old France" in 1872. I presented them with the hard facts. Once I understood the magnitude of this problem, and that even our most forward-thinking politicians were not going to take the steps necessary to stem the tide, I had no choice but to act. “Politicians” is an addition to the saying from at least 1963: “Some politicians use statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts—for support rather than for illumination.” Wikiquote: Andrew Lang Andrew Lang (March 31, 1844, Selkirk – July 20, 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. Over 150 comprehensive policies that put Humanity First. The quotation probably evolved because of imperfect human memory, and the assignment to Lang may have been an error. Perhaps future research will clarify this situation. (Verified on paper), 1937 April 20, Hansard, United Kingdom Parliament, Commons, SPAIN (BRITISH SHIPPING), Speaking: Captain McEwen (Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire), HC Deb 20, volume 322, cc1651-720. A. E. Housman? Anonymous? Email. He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts – for support rather than for illumination (Andrew Lang) On April 20, 1937 the politician Captain McEwen used the saying while speaking in the Parliament of Great Britain as recorded in the Hansard. Dr. Mardy's Dictionary of Metaphorical Quotations, 1903, M. Manilii: Astronomicon, Translation and analysis by A. E. Housman (Alfred Edward Housman), Volume 1, Quote Page liii (roman numeral 53), Published by Grant Richards, London. All Rights Reserved. In June 2014, he participated in Operation Enduring Freedom and later Operation Inherent Resolve. No attribution was given: 5. The Obama White House even named me a Champion of Change in 2012 and a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship in 2015. ... Not a politician. The humorous remark was ascribed to A. E. Housman but included the distinctive word “illumination”: 14, I remember that the famous Cambridge classical scholar and poet, the late A. E. Housman, once criticised an Oxford colleague for his use of texts, with that acerbity which unhappily appears in classical scholarship, especially when the disputants belong to different universities. 106 talking about this. The house he built at Maitland, Dunmore House, is now heritage-listed. Andrew Lang Petrie (25 June 1854 – 1 April 1928) was a monumental mason and politician in Queensland, Australia. (I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post, for support rather than for illumination.). Compatible with Monkey and Rat. That’s why I’m running for president. Washington was not going to help.