Rerun of a bad movie; Nail jelly to the wall

[George Thompson]

Even Homer nods.

The title of Keyes' book is "Nice guys finish seventh" : false phrases, spurious sayings, and familiar misquotations .

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African
Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.

----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:47 pm
Subject: Re: Rerun of a bad movie; Nail jelly to the wall

> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Dave Wilton wrote:
>
> > Is there a source that addresses misattributed or fallacious
> quotes in
> > something resembling a comprehensive manner? There are an
> enormous number of
> > false quotations floating about out there. A single volume (or
> website) that
> > debunks the worst of these would be a very useful tool. I know
> that many
> > books of quotations and sites like snopes.com do this on a case-
> by-case
> > basis, but I've never seen a source that attempts a
> comprehensive treatment.
> >
> > I'm not suggesting that Fred's book do this. I'm just wondering
> if anyone
> > has done it.
>
> The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations has a section of misquotations.
> My book will certainly address many misquotations.
>
> The best book focusing on misquotations is Ralph Keyes, Nice Guys
> FinishLast, which is really quite brilliant.  The quality of his
> research is
> better than any other quotation book ever published (to date).
> Anotherone is Paul F. Boller and John George, They Never Said It :
> A Book of Fake
> Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions, which is pretty
> good but
> not nearly up to Keyes's standards.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>
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