# The Best Thing About Being a Statistician Is That You Get to Play in Everyone's Backyard by John Tukey > "The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard." > **— John Tukey**, *Attributed professional maxim* ## Sources and Context - **Direct or authoritative source:** [Attributed professional maxim](https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Tukey/quotations/) — the linked page contains the quoted wording and supports the recorded attribution and occasion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Ramanujan Mathematical Universe|The Ramanujan Mathematical Universe]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Hidden and Vital Role of Islam in the Evolution of Emergent Intelligence|The Hidden and Vital Role of Islam in the Evolution of Emergent Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Mathematical Foundations|Mathematical Foundations]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard." — John Tukey, Attributed professional maxim https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-john-tukey-best-thing-about-being-statistician ```