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In the 1930 John Dos Passos novel The 42nd Parallel, the quotation was attributed to Mark Twain.. In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4 episode 13 ("Devil's Due"), Captain Jean-Luc Picard mentions "There's a sucker born every minute" as he explores the possibility of a con artist at work, and Lieutenant Commander Data attributes the phrase to P. T. Barnum.
You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like victory. Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Robert Duvall: Apocalypse Now: 1979 Luke, I am your father. [4] No, I am your father. Darth ...
One particular case of misattribution is the Matthew effect.A quotation is often attributed to someone more famous than the real author. This leads the quotation to be more famous, but the real author to be forgotten (see also: obliteration by incorporation and Churchillian Drift).
The claim: Mark Twain said, 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.' After the death of conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 17, some ...
Wikiquote is one of few online quotation collections that provides the opportunity for visitors to contribute [6] and the very few which strive to provide exact sources for each quotation as well as corrections of misattributed quotations. Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia.
You might be surprised by how many popular movie quotes you're remembering just a bit wrong. 'The Wizard of Oz' Though most people say 'Looks like we're not in Kansas anymore,' or 'Toto, I don't think
1. "Just Google it." Google didn't exist in the '80s, and while the internet existed, it wasn't utilized much for personal use at that time. Heck, most homes didn't even have computers back then.
"I'm the commander, see.I don't need to explain—I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."