Michael Foot? Norman Mailer? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: Hostility toward wealthy people has been expressed as follows: The top is greedy and mean and they will always find a way to take care of themselves. This statement has been attributed to British politician Michael Foot and U.S. author Norman Mailer. I am unsure because …
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Quote Origin: This Is My Truth, Now Tell Me Yours
Aneurin Bevan? Jennie Lee? Michael Foot? Friedrich Nietzsche? Zarathustra? Manic Street Preachers? John Strachey? Hubert Griffith? Herbert L. Matthews? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: A U.K politician expressed a willingness to hear alternative viewpoints by using the following expression: This is my truth; tell me yours. British Labour Party leader Aneurin Bevan has received credit …
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Quote Origin: Suffering from Delusions of Adequacy
Who was speaking: Walter F. Kerr? Michael Foot? Erskine Johnson? Charlton Heston? David Brin? Who was criticized: Jay Robinson? Dwight Eisenhower? Charlton Heston? Question for Quote Investigator: The complaint that someone is exhibiting “delusions of grandeur” has become a cliché. However, a clever modification of the phrase was memorably employed by a theater critic who …
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