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Duncan Reynolds@duncanr2Oct 25
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I hadn't heard this one before. I wonder if Yes, Prime Minister took some inspiration from it for the newspapers bit. youtube.com/watch?v=DGscoaUW…

Who reads the papers? - Yes, Prime Minister - BBC comedy

In this timeless clip, Prime Minister, Jim Hacker explains to Sir H...

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Eccles@BruvverEcclesOct 24
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Thank you. Very interesting. Of course, I'm a Cambridge man.
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Oxford people think they own the world. Cambridge people do not care who owns the world Was this saying coined by English editor James Payn, the Bishop of London Mandell Creighton, romance novelist Helen Ricker Beebe, or someone else? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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Ardently Grant@ArdentlyGrantOct 20
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This blogger did an amazing job including proper source citations in but bibliography at the bottom! a rarity these days. quoteinvestigator.com/2012/0…
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White crows do exist (I understand due to Albinism, etc.), like there are some great listeners! Very rare, though!
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@QuoteResearchOct 21
Everybody Talks, Nobody Listens. Good Listeners Are as Rare as White Crows Is this quotation genuinely by activist and lecturer Helen Keller, or is it apocryphal? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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Your discussion thread inspired the creation of a Quote Investigator article. You are acknowledged. Thanks Everybody Talks; Nobody Listens. Good Listeners Are as Rare as White Crows quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1… @chamblee54 @Auth_Courtney
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Everybody Talks, Nobody Listens. Good Listeners Are as Rare as White Crows Is this quotation genuinely by activist and lecturer Helen Keller, or is it apocryphal? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread ... nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." A famous writer of science fiction and fact crafted this sentence. Who?
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Congratulations to the correct respondents. The answer to the question is Isaac Asimov in Newsweek magazine on January 21, 1980 quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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Bradbury bemoaned the destruction of libraries and knowledge in "Fahrenheit 451". So that is a good guess, but the answer is someone else. The picture makes me think of M. C. Escher "Ascending and Descending" and Jorge Luis Borges' "The Library of Babel".
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@privatefightOct 20
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Picture makes me think Borges but I'll guess Bradbury.
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Jeroen Coelen@CoeluhOct 20
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Normally attributed to Isaac Asimov, right?
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Scott Baker
@bakerlinkOct 20
A periodic reminder that many quotes come with incorrect attributions. Thus far, LLMs are often wrong when you ask them to check a quote's source. "Long live Quote Investigator." Me.
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@QuoteResearchOct 20
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread ... nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." A famous writer of science fiction and fact crafted this sentence. Who?
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What a lovely quote!
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@QuoteResearchOct 18
It Is the Supreme Art of the Teacher to Awaken Joy in Creative Expression and Knowledge Is this statement from Albert Einstein, Anatole France, or a random person nobody remembers? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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It Is the Supreme Art of the Teacher to Awaken Joy in Creative Expression and Knowledge Is this statement from Albert Einstein, Anatole France, or a random person nobody remembers? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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Linus O'Neil@linusisonlineOct 15
#QuoteoftheDay -dunno if Rooney said it or not, but it's damn poignant.
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@QuoteResearchOct 15
Life Is Like a Roll of Toilet Paper. The Closer It Gets to the End, the Faster It Goes U.S. broadcast personality Andy Rooney has received credit for this folksy comical saying. Did he ever say it? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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Life Is Like a Roll of Toilet Paper. The Closer It Gets to the End, the Faster It Goes U.S. broadcast personality Andy Rooney has received credit for this folksy comical saying. Did he ever say it? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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Freedom — No Price That Is Ever Asked for It Is Half the Cost of Doing Without It Attributed to the Sage of Baltimore. Who was that and is the attribution correct? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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BobDeis
@SubtropicBobOct 13
If you're interested in famous quotations that are often misattributed, get the book HEMINGWAY DIDN'T SAY THAT by Garson O'Toole...amzn.to/3VMouCs

Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations

Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations

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BobDeis
@SubtropicBobOct 13
How old is the saying “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made” — and who said it first? (Nope, it wasn’t Otto von Bismarck.) Those questions are addressed in the latest post on my This Day in Quotes blog. Here's the link→ bit.ly/LawsandSausages

“Laws are like sausages”

What are the origins of the saying "Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made"?

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Was the following from Oscar Wilde, a greeting card company, or someone else? Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. quoteinvestigator.com/2026/1…
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