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lampposts

«He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination»
Author: Andrew Lang | Keywords: drunken, illumination, illuminations, lamppost, lampposts
«Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs»
Author: John Osborne (Playwright, Producer) | About: Criticism, Writing | Keywords: asking, critics, lamppost, lampposts, working, writer
«ARRAYED, pp. Drawn up and given an orderly disposition, as a rioter hanged to a lamppost.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | Keywords: lamppost, lampposts, rioter, rioters
«He uses his sources as a drunkard uses lampposts; not to light him upon his way, but to dissimulate his instability»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken (Critic, Journalist) | Keywords: dissimulate, drunkard, instability, lamppost, lampposts
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