# Does this quote originate with Rick and Morty?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** cartoons-animation\
**Created:** [June 24, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-quote-originate-with-rick-and-morty/986039 "2023-06-24T13:56:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-quote-originate-with-rick-and-morty/986039/1 "2023-06-24T13:56:25Z")

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“Your boos mean nothing to me; I’ve seen what makes you cheer”

I dunno, seems much, much older to me. Like something someone would say during the French Revolution or something.

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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-quote-originate-with-rick-and-morty/986039/2 "2023-06-24T14:14:55Z")

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Rick and Morty is the only context in which I’ve seen it.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-quote-originate-with-rick-and-morty/986039/3 "2023-06-24T14:16:55Z")

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It is the same sentiment as “[I wear their scorn as a badger owner](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/06/10/quayle-accuses-cultural-elite-of-sneering-at-moral-virtues/10d491f1-c1e0-443b-8923-d33637d9e470/)”.

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-quote-originate-with-rick-and-morty/986039/4 "2023-06-24T14:53:25Z")

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As far as I can tell, that precise phrasing does originate with the cartoon.

The sentiment is far older, but I like this particular expression.

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**Author:** ![ANMLmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@ANMLmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ANMLmother)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-quote-originate-with-rick-and-morty/986039/5 "2025-03-24T23:48:23Z")

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maybe brutus from shakespeare? i feel the same way, but i have not found the original one.