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“Houston, we have a problem.”
Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert’s actual quote was, “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
“Elementary, my dear Watson.”
Every Sherlock Holmes impersonation includes this famous quote. But at no point were those words used in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s popular series of detective stories.
“You dirty rat!”
James Cagney’s Bert Harris did refer to someone as “That dirty, double-crossin’ rat” But, he never uttered the line often attributed to him.
“Play it again, Sam.”
The most famous quote from the 1942 classic “Casablanca” was never spoken. The closest line is “Play it, Sam. For old times’ sake.”
“Beam me up, Scotty.”
Believe it or not, this popular slogan was never spoken during the run of the original “Star Trek” series.
Sigh. And this is stuff I was certain had been spoken.
But seriously, this is how rumors get started. We think we heard something, and misquote it… and on and on..
Sigh. And this is stuff I was certain had been spoken.
In that respect, you are correct. If the misquote is popular, then, in all probability, it *has* been spoken (just not by the person it’s attributed to).
The Wolf
I’m willing to accept them all except for the “Elementary…” and “Beam me up”. That’s totally unacceptable! Saying those quotes were never said is like, I dunno, Loshon Horo, Motzi Shem Ra, take your pick.
On a more serious note, may I suggest that perhaps posts that heavily reference movies and tv series are not befitting YWN? I was a big ST fan myself, but I don’t think this is the place for it…
may I suggest that perhaps posts that heavily reference movies and tv series are not befitting YWN?
Glad to see that I can still predict some events. 🙂
The Wolf
Speaking of famous lines: We have the famous Yogisms that are attributed to Yogi Berra.
Here is one attributed to his son Dale Berra. “You cant compare me to my father. Our similarities are different.”
My favorite Yogism. “A nickel aint worth a dime anymore”.
Yogi actually said this: “I didn’t say everything I said.”
my favorite yogism is “no one goes there anymore. it’s too crowded”
Well, to paraphrase Yogi, time to log off and get ready for shabbos since “it gets late early around here”.
Dunno about your conscience, but I’m right here :-). I guess I’ll have no choice but to enjoy the thread until you delete it :-).
Mod-80, I’m impressed by your bekius! Is there anywhere I can email you? I have a short ST audio parody to the tune of “Bohemian Rhapsody” which I think you’ll love…
Two quotes from English philosopher, David Hume, are often misstated. What he actually said was: “You cannot eat your cake and have it” and “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
I always wondered about the cake one. it doesnt make sense. his quote does.
“Elementary, my dear Watson.”
Was it not said in any of the Sherlock Holmes movies (with John Carradine)?
Another classic yogism:
“when you come to a fork in the road, take it”
another yogism. baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.
If you first thought the topic said “Famous Misquotes,” say ‘I.’
Music hath charms that soothe the savage breast (not beast) . I hope I quoted the rest of it correctly.
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Two of my favorites:
1) FDR after Pearl harbor quoted as “Yesterday December 7th, 1941 a DAY that will live in infamy…”
What he actually said was “…a DATE that will live in infamy…”
his speach in both audio and his typed copy are available online to see/hear. I have even seen it mis-quoted in some books.
(as an aside a day living onin infamy doesn’t make sense as the day is gone. However what he was saying is the DATE DECEMBER 7th 1941, will live on in infamy, and he was right as it certainly does)
2) Neil Armstrong on the moon “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” This quote as heard on the recording and often repeated is nonsense as MAN and MANKIND are essentially synonyms. What he meant to say (and insists he did say, and to be fair the audio isnt clear) was “Thats one small step for A man (i.e. him) one giant leap for mankind.” (as should be obvious “A man” is not a synonym to “Mankind”)
i came in here thinking it would be discussing the mosquito that entered the nose of Titus and ate his brain. but i couldn’t think of any other famous mosquitoes so it piqued my interested. although i wonder if there were any other famous mosquitoes.
Blast you, ubiquitin! I was going to post the Armstrong example.
BTW, this past Friday was the 45th anniversary of the landing.
Okay! Super-famous Jewish misquotation:
“Rosho, lomoh sakeh es reiacho?” – Moshe Rabbeinu
But this was never spoken. The posuk begins “Vayomer lorosho.”
The 6th Google result for >beam me up scotty< will get you an extensive list of misquotations.
(And this post is my test of whether mods will allow directions
to an external site, even in a case where they do not allow the link itself. I wonder if this entire thread would’ve been allowed by current standards…)
There’s no rule against mentioning websites, but it’s against the rules to test the mods.
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