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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Who Said What, Where, and When Ralph Keyes. This page intentionally left blank THE Quote VERIFIER This page intentionally left blank “ACADEMIC politics.
Who Said What, Where, and When Ralph Keyes. THE Quote VERIFIER This page intentionally left blank “ACADEMIC politics are so vicious.
Who Said What, Where, and When Ralph Keyes. This page intentionally left blank “ACADEMIC politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are.
... political scientist Richard Neustadt 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 ...
... political figure, news commentator, and patriotic orator has cited this observation, said to have been made by America's most famous tourist. (The lines are thought to be preceded by “Not until I went into the churches of America and ...
Contents
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 259 |
SOURCE NOTES | 267 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
KEY WORD INDEX | 347 |
NAME INDEX | 375 |
SIDEBAR INDEX | 389 |