The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and WhenSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 1 d’abr. 2007 - 416 pàgines 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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... Franklin, Emerson, Lincoln, Wilde, Twain, Shaw, Parker, 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 ...
... Franklin Roosevelt's “Brain Trust” was filled with “professors and others . . . who were born on third base . . .” Verdict: An old American saw. “When I was a BOY of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could barely stand to have the ...
... Franklin H. Littell has concluded that the following version most accurately characterizes the one Niemoller used in speeches: “First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist; then they came ...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 259 |
SOURCE NOTES | 267 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
KEY WORD INDEX | 347 |
NAME INDEX | 375 |
SIDEBAR INDEX | 389 |