Tracing Quotations
Mark Twain? Theodor Reik? John Robert Colombo? James Eayrs? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: There is a popular humorous maxim about history that is usually attributed to Mark Twain. But there is so much uncertainty about this ascription that a top business columnist for the “New York Times” wrote the following: “History doesn’t repeat itself …
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Hester Lynch Piozzi? William James? Bertrand Russell? Mark Twain? Henry David Thoreau? Carl Sagan? Terry Pratchett? Samuel Purchas? John Locke? George B. Cheever? Joseph F. Berg? George Chainey? John Phoenix? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: According to legend a prominent scientist once presented a lecture on cosmology which discussed the solar system and galaxies. Afterwards, …
Highlighted articles: In October 2024 Big Think published a superb piece about Garson O’Toole and the Quote Investigator website. The article was titled “Einstein didn’t say that: How viral misquotes evolve and replicate”, and the journalist was Kevin Dickinson. Click here to read the article. In April 2017 The New York Times published an excellent …