#misquotation — Public Fediverse posts
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The Quotation’s Chain of Custody
A mug sits on the desk with Marilyn Monroe's face under the sentence Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” The object is wrong at the name and prone to wording drift, and it keeps selling because the right sentiment can carry any name. The claim riding beside it has manners: why care whether the mug gives Monroe a line written by Ulrich, or whether a poster hands Voltaire a sentence built by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, so long as the line still stirs? Its appeal points to use over receipt. Its conclusion says the words have done good work in the world, and good work should settle the bill. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/08/14/the-quotations-chain-of-custody/
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The Quotation’s Chain of Custody
A mug sits on the desk with Marilyn Monroe's face under the sentence Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” The object is wrong at the name and prone to wording drift, and it keeps selling because the right sentiment can carry any name. The claim riding beside it has manners: why care whether the mug gives Monroe a line written by Ulrich, or whether a poster hands Voltaire a sentence built by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, so long as the line still stirs? Its appeal points to use over receipt. Its conclusion says the words have done good work in the world, and good work should settle the bill. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/08/14/the-quotations-chain-of-custody/
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A quotation from Robert Holmes
THE DOCTOR: Well, what’s the use of a good quotation if you can’t change it?
Robert Holmes (1926-1986) British television screenwriter
Doctor Who (1963), 22×07 “The Two Doctors,” Part 1 (1985-02-16)More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-robert/79439/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #doctorwho #sixthdoctor #quotation #adaptation #misquotation
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Quotation,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1071/
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It's been a while since I produced a "fake quotes" video. Here's a new one with quotes misattributed to the great Stoic philosopher Epictetus. You see a lot of quote and meme accounts continually spreading these around
https://youtu.be/D-ZFE2JspFA
#FakeQuotes #Epictetus #Stoicism #Misquotation #Paraphrase -
It's been a while since I produced a "fake quotes" video. Here's a new one with quotes misattributed to the great Stoic philosopher Epictetus. You see a lot of quote and meme accounts continually spreading these around
https://youtu.be/D-ZFE2JspFA
#FakeQuotes #Epictetus #Stoicism #Misquotation #Paraphrase
