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The correction of communication is one of the most fascinating and amusing of all intellectual pastimes. Almost all "standard quotations" are wrong and the stories of their rectification, so well told here by Ralph Keyes, give us great insight into human foibles and cultural biases.

Stephen Jay Gould

I have had occasion to study your great book, Nice Guys Finish Seventh, and consider it to have the best research of any quotation book ever published.  I have always thought of your work as an inspiration and model.

Fred Shapiro, The Yale Book of Quotations

"Nice Guys Finish Seventh" is a delightful book. As another quotations collector, I enjoyed it very much.

Rosalie Maggio, The New Beacon Book of Quotations by Women

If you haven't discovered this entertaining (and well researched) book, I encourage you to find a copy. It's a delight to every quote sleuth who's ever been involved in a fruitless search for a source.

Lynn M. Fox, University of Northern Colorado Library

Writer Ralph Keyes, who has carefully researched quotation origins in a book engagingly titled Nice Guys Finish Seventh...

Edward Gross, Embarrassment in Everyday Life