[Ads-l] Desperate Last Plea for Most Notable Quotations of 2014

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Nov 19 02:31:38 UTC 2014


On Nov 18, 2014, at 9:13 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone guess why this quote is not suitable for a list of the most
>> nota=
>> ble quotations of 2014?
>> 
> 
> Of course. It's obvious.

Because he was paraphrasing Jesus and/or Matthew 7:1?  Because Francis first said it in late 2013?

Otherwise, I don't get it.

LH

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