Tracing Quotations
Albert Einstein? Napoleon Bonaparte? Baron Rothschild? Paul Samuelson? John D. Rockefeller? Advertising Copy Writer? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: Salespeople and advertisers invoke the name of the scientific genius Albert Einstein when they wish to impress gullible individuals. The following grandiose statement has been attributed to Einstein: Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. …
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Winston Churchill? Bertram Carr? F. W. Cole? John D. Rockefeller? L. P. Jacks? Helen Keller? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Here are four versions of a popular saying about differing mental attitudes: The statesman Winston Churchill is typically credited with this remark, but I have been unable to find a citation. Would you please help? …
John Pierpont Morgan? John D. Rockefeller? William Rockefeller? Jay Gould? Jesse Livermore? Question for Quote Investigator: The best-known prediction for investors is also the most humorously vacuous. According to legend a young person approached one of the top businessmen in the U.S. and asked with an undertone of desperation for guidance in the stock market. …
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