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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... told me of quoting Jefferson about the ramifications of paying plumbers more than teachers, only to be informed that there were no “plumbers” as such in the third president's time. A spurious Jefferson warning about the power of banks ...
... told a reporter, “Academic politics is much more vicious than real politics. We think it's because the stakes are so small.” Others believe this quip originated with political scientist Wallace Sayre, Neustadt's onetime colleague at ...
... told a friend, “I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.” Verdict: Credit novelist Vicki Baum and screenwriter William A. Drake for Greta Garbo's most famous line. “AMERICA ...
... told to the author, the queen's “we are not amused” response to an inappropriate jest. Victoria's supposed comment was in circulation long before this book was published, however, having appeared in a magazine article as early as 1902 ...
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