The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and WhenOur 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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... Henry Kissinger. Well before Kissinger got credit for that thought in the mid-1970s, however, Harvard political scientist Richard Neustadt told a reporter, “Academic politics is much more vicious than real politics. We think it's ...
... Henry Clay Pierce: “You have no right to own a yacht if you ask that question.” Verdict: Morgan's sentiments, not his words. “AFTER us, the deluge.” (“Aprés nous le déluge.”) This classic remark is generally thought to have been uttered ...
... Henry Wheeler Shaw, repeated this theme often in different forms. On one occasion Billings wrote, “I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain't so.” A handbill for one of his lectures included the line “It ...
... seems to be the only source for that attribution, which now appears in many a quotation collection. (The saying has also been attributed to Oscar Wilde, Henry James, H. L. Mencken, and John O'Hara.) Judging from France's 4 RALPH KEYES.
... Henry Living called Nil Carborundum. Verdict: Popular slogan invented by some unknown wit just before or during World War II. “BEAM me up, Scotty.” What Star Trek's Captain Kirk actually said to Lieutenant Commander Scott was “Beam us ...
Contents
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 259 |
SOURCE NOTES | 267 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
KEY WORD INDEX | 347 |
NAME INDEX | 375 |
SIDEBAR INDEX | 389 |