Tracing Quotations
Bernard Baruch? Daniel Patrick Moynihan? Rayburn H. Carrell? James R. Schlesinger? Alan Greenspan? Dear Quote Investigator: A family of popular sayings highlights the difference between opinions and facts. Here are three thematically related expressions: (1) Everybody has a right to their opinion, but nobody has a right to be wrong in their facts. (2) You …
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Francis Bacon? Bernard Baruch? Mary Gordon? Nina Wilcox? Walter A. Clark? John W. Carswell? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: One witty and vibrant individual who maintained a youthful outlook throughout a long life uttered a statement in the following family: Old age is always 15 years older than I am. Old age is always ten years …
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Creator: Bernard Baruch, U.S. financier, philanthropist, and presidential adviser Context: In 1948 Bernard M. Baruch spoke at a youth forum sponsored by “The New York Daily Mirror” newspaper and offered several rules for success to his listeners including the following. Boldface added to excerpt:[ref] 1948 December 12, The Miami News, Rules For Success Listed By …
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Ernest Cassel? Bernard Baruch? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: There is an entertaining quotation about the changing labels that were applied to a famous financier. He was successively called a gambler, a speculator, and a banker, although he did not significantly change his methods. Do you know who crafted this humorous description of transformation? Quote Investigator: …
Theodor Seuss Geisel? Mark Young? Bernard Baruch? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: I am trying to validate a quotation that is credited to Theodor Geisel who is better known as Dr. Seuss, the popular author of children’s books. I have been unable to determine where the quote appeared. The task is complicated because there are so …
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