The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and WhenSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007年4月1日 - 416 頁 Our language is full of hundreds of quotations that are often cited but seldom confirmed. Ralph Keyes's The Quote Verifier considers not only classic misquotes such as "Nice guys finish last," and "Play it again, Sam," but more surprising ones such as "Ain't I a woman?" and "Golf is a good walk spoiled," as well as the origins of popular sayings such as "The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings," "No one washes a rented car," and "Make my day." |
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... February 12, 2003, New York Times column, Friedman wrote, “The first rule of any Iraq invasion is the pottery store rule: You break it, you own it.” Verdict: Credit Thomas Friedman; delete “Pottery Barn.” “Nobody ever went BROKE ...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 259 |
SOURCE NOTES | 267 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
KEY WORD INDEX | 347 |
NAME INDEX | 375 |
SIDEBAR INDEX | 389 |