While researching my earlier piece, I discovered that the famous Stalin quote about capitalists selling the rope used to hang them was probably not actually said by him. This got me thinking about other famous “misquotes.” Here are a few of my favorites.
“Beam me up, Scotty!”
- Captain James T. Kirk
“That’s where the money is.”
- Bank robber Willie Sutton, on why he robbed banks
“Judy, Judy, Judy!”
- Cary Grant (Used as a “hook” for impersonators)
“Eatin’ ain’t cheatin’” / “Oral sex isn’t sex”
- Bill Clinton
Any others?
J.
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How about:"Play it... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Evilwhiteguy | July 26, 2004 2:29 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How about:
"Play it again, Sam" - Humphrey Bogart
1. Posted by Evilwhiteguy | July 26, 2004 2:29 AM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 02:29
2. Posted by Evilwhiteguy | July 26, 2004 2:31 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
People still argue this but:
"I am a Berliner" - JFK
In Berlin, "ein Berliner" typically refers to a jelly donut.
2. Posted by Evilwhiteguy | July 26, 2004 2:31 AM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 02:31
3. Posted by John from Detroit | July 26, 2004 2:57 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Haha, can you imagine the quotes if he gave speeches in Hamburg or Frankfurt? Or Vienna for that matter. :)
3. Posted by John from Detroit | July 26, 2004 2:57 AM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 02:57
4. Posted by Paul | July 26, 2004 8:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics," Te-RAY-zah Heinz Kerry
OH Damn- She really did say it!
4. Posted by Paul | July 26, 2004 8:46 AM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 08:46
5. Posted by Spoons | July 26, 2004 11:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Mark Twain never said:
"Everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it."
Nor:
"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
Nor about a dozen other things often attributed to him. See here.
5. Posted by Spoons | July 26, 2004 11:36 AM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 11:36
6. Posted by ap | July 26, 2004 11:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"You dirty rat"
James Cagney
6. Posted by ap | July 26, 2004 11:48 AM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 11:48
7. Posted by Don Myers | July 26, 2004 12:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Elemantary, my dear Watson." ---something Sherlock Holmes never said, not even once, in 4 novels and 56 short stories by A. C. Doyle.
7. Posted by Don Myers | July 26, 2004 12:07 PM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 12:07
8. Posted by Chris | July 26, 2004 5:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think the "beam me up.." was originally James Trafficant.
8. Posted by Chris | July 26, 2004 5:03 PM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 17:03
9. Posted by Ken S. | July 26, 2004 5:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Nice guys finish last" never said by Leo Durocher.
9. Posted by Ken S. | July 26, 2004 5:33 PM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 17:33
10. Posted by Dave Schuler | July 26, 2004 6:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door"
does not appear anywhere in Ralph Waldo Emerson's published works. Ironic, since it's probably the best-known quote attributed to him. Elbert Hubbard, the founder of the Roycrofters, claimed to have said it first.
10. Posted by Dave Schuler | July 26, 2004 6:17 PM |
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Posted on July 26, 2004 18:17
11. Posted by John Kerry | July 27, 2004 10:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I voted for the war
11. Posted by John Kerry | July 27, 2004 10:12 PM |
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Posted on July 27, 2004 22:12
12. Posted by John Kerry | July 27, 2004 10:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I voted against the war
12. Posted by John Kerry | July 27, 2004 10:13 PM |
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Posted on July 27, 2004 22:13