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Thoughts on the Business of Quotes

Forbes Karl Shmavonian The editor of Forbes’s venerable quotes page reflects on the hazards of his profession. “Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.” –Hesketh Pearson. Those words are soothing balm for the not-so-learned editor of …

Whose quote is it anyway?

Galveston Country Daily News (Texas) By Cathy Gillentine I got a new book at the Boston convention that I am just now getting around to looking at. It was worth the wait. It’s called, “The Quote Verifier,” by Ralph Keyes, and it helps straighten out a lot of quotes we always are hearing, letting us …

The Last Word on Who Said It First

Lakeland Ledger (Florida) By Lonnie Brown The Coffee Guzzlers Club members had kindly asked our waitress for refills. “Show me the money,” she mumbled on her way by. Nevermore, the club’s pet raven and mascot, provided some insight into the remark. Quoth the Raven: “Cuba Gooding Jr. made the line famous in the 1996 Jerry …

Who Said That?

Bark Magazine By Ralph Keyes Originally appearing in Issue #37, Jul/Aug 2006 We are no less likely to be vague about the origins of quotations about dogs than we are to be vague about the origins of quotations in general. Who said “Love me, love my dog”? Or that a man biting a dog is …