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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... September, 1914. On the occasion of his visit to Indiana in 1921, Marshal Foch presented this autographed copy of his message to the undersigned for Indiana University. William Lowe Bryan [IU's president].” Although Foch was known for ...
... September 2002, Friedman told National Public Radio interviewer Scott Simon that he had a “Pottery Barn view” of invading countries such as Afghanistan or Iraq, based on the sign Break it and you own it, which he thought was posted in ...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | 259 |
SOURCE NOTES | 267 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 345 |
KEY WORD INDEX | 347 |
NAME INDEX | 375 |
SIDEBAR INDEX | 389 |