Billy-Ball Daily / Bill Chuck (Billy-Ball his own self) MISQUOTED? Leo Durocher is widely known for the quote, “Nice guys finish last.” But the Brooklyn Dodgers didn’t exactly say it, according to Ralph Keyes, who examined the origins of 450 famous quotes in his new book “The Quote Verifier.” In going through microfilm of the …
Non-Doggy Reading
Leading You Into New Zealand’s Dog Web Geoff Stern The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When by Ralph Keyes is a piece of impressive scholarship — and great fun — attempting to verify various famous quotations. Great fun.
The Laughorist
A venue for solipsistic eavesdroppers, verbal voyeurs, and hoarse whisperers amid the endless din. It ain’t not over ’til it ain’t not over. Of course, you’re familiar with the more quotable “It ain’t over ’til it’s over,” typically attributed to Yogi Berra. Only Yogi didn’t say it. Not exactly. That’s what I’ve just learned from …
Summer Reading
Summer Reading The Quote Verifier : Who Said What, Where, and When by Ralph Keyes. As a certified quote addict this is a “must read.” Keyes tracks down falsely attributed quotes and tells the stories behind them. Julie D. Word Daze: The Word Lover’s Almanc Ralph Keyes in the book The Quote Verifier traces the …
Enjoy your quotations
Unca Harlan’s Art Deco Dining Pavilion rich ‘Cause I know how much you guys enjoy your quotations. Pick up a copy of The Quote Verifier, by Ralph Keyes. I just got wind of this through Kilpatrick’s column, and apparently Yogi Berra didn’t say a lot of things he’s supposed to have said, and Edmund Burke …
Don't Get Caught Misquoting…
Don’t Get Caught Don’t Get Caught Misquoting… …as there’s an author ready to pounce. Ralph Keyes’new book, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When, excerpted here in today’s Washington Post, looks at famous speakers and how they mangled quotes in speeches, sometimes to good effect. John F. Kennedy is the subject of the …