Josh Billings? Josh Weathersby? Cal Stewart? Ring Lardner? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Individuals who complain often receive the most attention. There is a popular analogy about squeaky wheels that I think has been incorrectly attributed to the humorist Josh Billings who was a famous lecturer in the 1800s. (Billings was the pseudonym of Henry …
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