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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... responded, “Time will remedy the one, and as for curiosities, we import them.” Wilde said this was an excellent story, but one he had already heard, featuring Charles Dickens and a local wit. “I find every community has its lady who is ...
... responded, “Hell, no; I ain't agonna get out of bed for anybody.” The reporter so quoted the vice president in his copy. The next day he discovered that his paper's managing editor changed this copy to read, “No, indeed, I am not going ...
... responded, “I say get 'em by the balls and their hearts and minds will follow.” It's doubtful that this rejoinder began with Rivers, however. It certainly didn't begin with Charles Colson. Verdict: Author unknown; not Charles Colson. “I ...
... responded. “A newspaper fella misquoted me once, and I thought it sounded so good that I never bothered to deny it.” So where did the quip originate? It actually evolved from a common catchphrase that predates the Depression. In 1925, a ...
... responded, “He has much to be modest about!” Archivists at the Truman Library can find no evidence that such an exchange took place. Richard Langworth doubts the authenticity of another supposed Churchill observation about Attlee, that ...
Contents
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 259 |
SOURCE NOTES | 267 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
KEY WORD INDEX | 347 |
NAME INDEX | 375 |
SIDEBAR INDEX | 389 |