“Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!” “History is bunk.” “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Almost every American knows these famous quotations and who said them. Or do we? That’s the big question Ralph Keyes addresses in his new book, The Quote Verifier. “Discovering who actually said what, …
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Suspicious Sounds Bites?
US Airways Magazine Patrick Henry’s patriotic demand, “Give me liberty or give me death!” is often quoted by freedom seekers today because of its urgent eloquence. Many great sound bites like this one have become quotable quotes too good to pass up, whether they’re about sports (Leo Durocher’s “Nice guys finish last”), or taking responsibility …
Keyes's Book for Word-Lovers
Yellow Springs News (Ohio) By Jane Baker We all know that Mark Twain said, “Golf is a good walk spoiled” and “Whenever I feel an urge to exercise I lie down until it goes away” and that Abraham Lincoln said “A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client”—right? Wrong! As Ralph Keyes …
Say what? Here's some help with the what — and the who
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch By Jann Malone Read a reference book from cover to cover? That sounds like something only someone with nothing better to read would do. But I bet if you pick up a copy of Ralph Keyes’ “The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When” (387 pages, St. Martin’s Griffin, $15.95), you’ll …
VERIFIABLY EXCELLENT
From Amazon.com 5 Stars Paul Kocak (Syracuse) I was so impressed with a newspaper feature on Ralph Keyes’s The Quote Verifier that I ordered the book right away. I was not disappointed. There are few books I have ever encountered that are more thoroughly researched — and so entertaining. The book is either a conversation …
A MAGNIFICENT BOOK
From Amazon.com 5 Stars Patrick O’Connor, writer and book lover (Glendale CA) The Quote Verifier is entirely magnificent. Who can resist this book? I can’t stop reading it. It’s like eating peanuts: once you start you can’t stop. Patrick O’Connor is the author of Don’t Look Back