05-01-2011, 11:22 PM
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Looking for quotation website
1) Is there a website, I assume a search engine, that will allow you to enter a quote, and it tells you who said it and when?
2) The saying I have on my mind today is..."Americans spend money they don't have, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." Any idea who said it and when? |
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05-01-2011, 11:41 PM
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According to Wikiquote it has no clear source, but has often been cited to Will Rogers and Walter Winchell.
(I did a Wikiquote site search with Google.) |
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05-01-2011, 11:44 PM
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Thanks Ben. I've never heard of Wikiquote before.
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05-01-2011, 11:48 PM
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"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." That quote is attributed to Will Rogers or Will Smith depending on where you look (perhaps Smith is quoting Rogers?). Here is one quote search engine (I just used Google to find the above)... http://www.searchquotes.com/ |
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05-01-2011, 11:59 PM
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Wikiquote mentions that it has been misattributed to Will Smith.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Will_Smith |
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05-02-2011, 12:25 AM
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Thanks again. I've bookmarked the wikiquote site.
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On the subject of quote misattribution,Hemingway Didn't Say That is a fun and informative read. The author specialises in searching out quote sources, apparently.
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12-18-2019, 09:26 AM
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