“Statistics are like ladies of the night. Once you get them down, you can do anything with them”

Entry in progress—B.P.
 
16 October 1984, The Times of India (New Delhi), “Current Topics, pg. 6, col. 2:
MARK TWAIN once remarked that statistics are like ladies of the night. You can bend them to suit your will.
 
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Mitch Murray’s One-liners for Business:
And how to Use Them in Your Speech
By Mitch Murray
Cippenham: Foulsham
1997
Pg. 187:
Statistics are like ladies of the night. Once you get them down, you can do anything with them. (Mark Twain)
   
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Vans/Zenith accident ratios
Janet & Doug Crossman-Bosworth
1/9/98
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Reminds me of what my debate teacher told me years ago.
“Statistics are like ladies of the evening.  You can get them to do anything.”
   
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The Worst Cry of 1997/98
Brian Lev
1/26/98
“Statistics are like ladies of the evening; once you get them down, you can do whatever you like with them.”
—Mark Twain
 
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Business Wit & Wisdom
By Richard Zera
Washington, DC: Beard Books
2005
Pg. 248:
Statistics are like ladies of the night. Once you get them down, you can do anything with them. —Mark Twain (1835–1910)