# Fucking fake quotes on the internet **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343 "2013-08-04T19:14:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/21 "2013-08-04T21:54:29Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > Nothing wrong with my logic. I was under the impression, from your post, that the posthumous book of works and poems would have been BY Bob Marley, that would place it in a different category. > > Linking to pinterest is about a million times less credible than a link to wikepedia. Again, the only reason why I think is interesting is that the official site links to it. It would be as if the official cite was also linked by Wikipedia, as I have pointed before the past, a Wikipedia cite is only as good as the cites it has. Anyway, so far I do put this one as undetermined. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/22 "2013-08-04T22:12:03Z")
One more point to explain where I’m coming from: Normally when a quote appears with dubious sourcing the normal searches \*\*quickly \*\*run into people that are sticklers to facts and they do point to the debunking, in this case those guys (that are numerous in my experience) are not talking about this item. Still, just to be safe, I do put his one as undetermined as it is the only fair view to have now until more information is available. ---
**Author:** ![Psychopants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Psychopants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psychopants)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/23 "2013-08-04T22:38:53Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > This was warned about a long time ago. Dude. This was Thomas Jefferson. Everybody knows that. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/24 "2013-08-04T22:53:16Z")
> [@Psychopants](#): > > Dude. This was Thomas Jefferson. Everybody knows that. And here I always thought it was Nietzsche. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/25 "2013-08-05T01:35:15Z")
The one that grinds my gonads is the list floating about the Interwebs supposedly written by George Carlin. Here is the ass-end of the list: > [@](#): > > 10.) Tell the people that you love them at every opportunity. > (You never know what the next minute will bring. Live in the moment. Love always.) > > “AND always remember life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away!” > > Thank you George Carlin….remembering you! Yeah, that sounds exactly like something Carlin would have written. :rolleyes: mmm ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/26 "2013-08-05T01:53:00Z")
All that is needed for fake quotes to triumph is for good Dopers to do nothing. –John Steinbeck ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/27 "2013-08-05T02:59:46Z")
“Use the force, Harry.” - Gandalf ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/28 "2013-08-05T03:40:12Z")
The one that particularly irritates me is a quote that goes something like “when I first saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew” and it is often attributed to Shakespeare. Any one who has read any Shakespeare would be skeptical, and it’s so easy to check with a Google search. It did the rounds on Pinterest for a while. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/29 "2013-08-05T03:40:56Z")
Anything you find on [Wikiquote](http://www.wikiquote.org/) is probably reliable. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/30 "2013-08-05T03:48:20Z")
“Wikiquote quotes are totes legit.” –Gandhi ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/31 "2013-08-05T03:58:24Z")
“I’m tired of these mother fucking snakes on this mother fucking plane!” -Howard Hughes ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/32 "2013-08-05T04:04:16Z")
It may be a sad commentary on the short-attention-span culture in which we currently live, but I found the Marley quote in the OP to be kind of TLDR. Can somebody help me out and tell me if anywhere in it Mr. Marley is alleged to have written _“Share if you have someone in your life this awesome”_ or _“I bet only about one in fifty people who get this will share”_? If so, the quote is probably a fake. ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/33 "2013-08-05T05:30:51Z")
_“Only the strong survive.”_ ~ Charles Darwin I always thought it was - _“It is not the strong that survive, nor the most intelligent, but those most responsive to change.”_ I’m sure that’s a direct quote. I looked it up in the original book - _On the Origins of Species_. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/34 "2013-08-05T05:37:06Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > I’m sure that’s a direct quote. I looked it up in the original book - _On the Origins of Species_. And made the baby Jesus cry. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/35 "2013-08-05T05:45:40Z")
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” - Jesus of Nazereth ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/36 "2013-08-05T05:46:14Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > And made the baby Jesus cry. “On the internet, no one knows you’re a god”.-Jesus ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/37 "2013-08-05T05:48:50Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” > > - Jesus of Nazereth Pfff. That was from Gilligan’s Island. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/38 "2013-08-05T05:53:20Z")
Praise Jesus - Christopher Hitchens ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/39 "2013-08-05T06:09:49Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Just think, if Lincoln had stayed home to watch the pirated DVD he downloaded, he’d be alive today. Too soon, dude. Too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343/40 "2013-08-05T12:38:02Z")
[QUOTE=Mean Mr. Mustard] Yeah, that sounds exactly like something Carlin would have written. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Might have been during his [Mr Conductor](http://shiningtimestation.wikia.com/wiki/George_Carlin) career. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343.md?page=3)