The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and WhenSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007 M04 1 - 416 pages Our language is full of hundreds of quotations that are often cited but seldom confirmed. Ralph Keyes's The Quote Verifier considers not only classic misquotes such as "Nice guys finish last," and "Play it again, Sam," but more surprising ones such as "Ain't I a woman?" and "Golf is a good walk spoiled," as well as the origins of popular sayings such as "The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings," "No one washes a rented car," and "Make my day." |
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... west, young man, go west” to Horace Greeley. Oxford's attribution of “There is one thing stronger than all the armies of the world, and that is an idea whose time has come” to Victor Hugo cites a nonexistent 1943 issue of xvi INTRODUCTION.
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