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Photo: webmink I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. Ed Catlett asked:...
View Article“I Never Said Most of the Things I Said”
Photo: Rubenstein I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. BT asked:...
View ArticleA Scuffle over “Scuffle”
I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. Jim asked: This is a little...
View ArticleIs it Really Darkest Just Before the Dawn?
I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. Georgia asked: “where does the...
View ArticleThe (Accidental?) Wisdom of Yogi Berra
Photo: Rubenstein I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. Jordan asked:...
View ArticleThere Are Opinions, And Then There Are Facts
I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. Enter your name asked: “I’d like...
View ArticleJohn Adams Said it First
I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. Daniel Greenwald asked: “If a...
View ArticleWho First Said, “Great Scott!”? And Who Is Scott?
I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. Bill asked: “Great Scott! As in,...
View ArticleEntitled to Know
(Photodisc) I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent researches. jennifer atkinson...
View ArticleOne More Time: Most Notable Quote of 2011
Since my last posting elicited many helpful comments, let me repeat it this week in hope of getting even more input: I’m starting to think about my annual list, run by the Associated Press, of the top...
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