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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... Richard Lederer, coauthor of Comma Sense “Quotation tracers will find this an excellent book to consult. It provides all the known details about authorship and wording of a large number of quotes, maxims, observations, slogans, comments ...
... Richard Farson) Is There Life After High School? “Nice Guys Finish Seventh”: False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life Sons on Fathers: A Book of Men's ...
... Richard Nixon's counsel Charles Colson. According to Colson, a former Green Beret had that plaque made up, then gave it to him because he thought this saying applied to his work in the White House. The saying subsequently received so ...
... Richard Armitage with warning President George W. Bush in 2002 that if he invaded Iraq, he would own it. “Privately,” wrote Woodward, “Powell and Armitage called this the Pottery Barn rule: You break it, you own it.” As a result, Powell ...
... Richard Nixon, though far less often than to Cuomo. (A journalist who attributed the line to Nixon later noted that in the 2000 campaign “George Bush campaigned in nursery rhymes.”) In an episode of NBC's West Wing, President Jed ...
Contents
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 259 |
SOURCE NOTES | 267 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
KEY WORD INDEX | 347 |
NAME INDEX | 375 |
SIDEBAR INDEX | 389 |