The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and WhenSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 1. apr 2007 - 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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... Churchill's “blood, toil, tears, and sweat” becomes “blood, sweat, and tears.” Durocher's “The nice guys are all over there. In seventh place” morphs into “Nice guys finish last.” Gordon Gekko's “Greed, for lack of a better word, is ...
... Churchill, and many others kept mental archives of well-rehearsed mots to pull out and “ad-lib” as opportunities presented themselves. Oscar Wilde was notorious among his friends for testing quips in conversation, much like a comedian ...
... Churchill, Goldwyn, and Berra are the notable figures to whom we most often misattribute quotations. Those who are often quoted get regular credit for words they never said that “sound like” them. Liberal Democrats like to credit Harry ...
... Churchill (to name just a few). Nigel Rees, longtime host of the BBC radio program Quote . . . Unquote, publishes a quarterly newsletter by that title and has produced a number of useful books on the origins of quotations (in which one ...
... Churchill. Others consider broad categories of quotations associated with specific events, such as the war in Vietnam, or areas of particular interest, such as show business. Quotations discussed within sidebars that also appear in the ...
Contents
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 259 |
SOURCE NOTES | 267 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
KEY WORD INDEX | 347 |
NAME INDEX | 375 |
SIDEBAR INDEX | 389 |