# Misquote a famous line **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 19, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629 "2021-11-19T15:05:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/1 "2021-11-19T15:05:47Z")
“I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I’ve seen things a jailhouse mattress hasn’t seen.” ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/2 "2021-11-19T15:35:10Z")
I’m trying to think of one. I’ll return later. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/3 "2021-11-19T15:50:42Z")
Does an actually oft-misquoted famous line count, or does that violate the spirit of the game? “Money is the root of all evil.” Arrrghh. Tell that to someone trying to scrape up their monthly rent or mortgage payment. The actual line, from 1 Timothy 6:10, KJV is: _ **"For the love of** _ money is the root of all evil." ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/4 "2021-11-19T16:24:58Z")
But tasty, what toppings on yonder pizza lie? It is a feast, and pepperoni is the star. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/5 "2021-11-19T16:37:57Z")
You can get plenty of these from the [Incorrect Quote Generator](https://perchance.org/incorrect-quote-generator). I put in “George Washington” and got **George Washington:** I like to play this game called nap roulette. I take a nap and don’t set an alarm. Will it be 20 min or 4 hours? Nobody knows. It’s risky and I like it. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/6 "2021-11-19T16:42:12Z")
May the forks be with you. Always. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/7 "2021-11-19T16:51:04Z")
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes right to the bone. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/8 "2021-11-19T17:52:23Z")
“Speak softly and carry a big donut.” ― Theodore Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/9 "2021-11-20T07:25:08Z")
“God help those who I catch helping themselves!” – Benj. Franklin, _Poor Richard’s Almanac_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/10 "2021-11-20T11:10:07Z")
“weeny, weedy, weaky” - Sellar and Yeatman in **1066 and all that** ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/11 "2021-11-20T11:13:04Z")
_“Veni, Vidi, Visa”_ – “I came, I saw, I charged it” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 20, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/12 "2021-11-20T17:42:52Z")
Ego Pluribus Unum - the motto on Trump’s money ---
**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:** [November 20, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/13 "2021-11-20T17:57:49Z")
That’s one small step for man, one giant bleep for mankind. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/14 "2021-11-20T18:04:20Z")
“Use the fork, Luce!” * * * “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, oh what the heaven for?” Apologies to Robert Browning. The friend who coined that one also came up with: “Hail to thee, Bysshe spirit, by Percy Blithe Shelley.” A very funny book about British history called [_1066 & All That_](https://smile.amazon.com/1066-All-That-Memorable-Classics/dp/0413772705/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=1066+and+all+that&qid=1637431372&sr=8-1) has a section about getting the Alfreds and the Arthurs of UK history all mixed up, thus “The Morte d’Alfred by Arthur Lord Tennyson.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/15 "2021-11-20T18:04:52Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > “Speak softly and carry a big donut.” > ― Theodore Roosevelt “I won’t join any club” — Woody Allen ---
**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:** [November 20, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/16 "2021-11-20T18:07:41Z")
Frankly, my dear, I’m gonna build a damn. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/17 "2021-11-20T20:04:10Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Does an actually oft-misquoted famous line count, or does that violate the spirit of the game? > > “Money is the root of all evil.” > > Arrrghh. Tell that to someone trying to scrape up their monthly rent or mortgage payment. > > The actual line, from 1 Timothy 6:10, KJV is: > > _ **"For the love of** _ money is the root of all evil." The Latin is _Radix malorum est cupiditas_ or “Cupid eats radishes and apples.” ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/18 "2021-11-21T09:10:35Z")
Does a misquote – that _was_ actually a quote – count? If so, I offer this one, attributed to Mae West: **"A hard man is good to find."** _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/19 "2021-11-21T15:46:32Z")
Friends, Romans, countrymen, send me your eats. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629/20 "2021-11-21T15:56:55Z")
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