# Quotes for debunking

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-for-debunking/44343>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 6, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-for-debunking/44343 "2000-12-06T18:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-for-debunking/44343/1 "2000-12-06T18:51:07Z")

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Got an interesting e-mail chock full o’ quotes this morning, and more than a few raised an eyebrow enough to make me say “did they **really** say that?”

So, does anyone know if these quotes are authentic or not?

(On going to war over religion) – “You’re basically killing each other to see who’s got the better imaginary friend.” – **Yasir Arafat**

“Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.” – **Barbara Bush**

“Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.” – **Tiger Woods**

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**Author:** ![Mauve\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mauve\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauve_Dog)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-for-debunking/44343/2 "2000-12-06T19:30:18Z")

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They are real quotes, but the attributions are not.

[This site](http://cs1.cs.nyu.edu/ms_students/sals7812/jokes/misc.html) attributes the Arafat quote to Richard Jeni.

[This site](http://www.chicago-scene.com/2000newsletters/05-10-00-newsletter.htm) also has the Jeni quote, and the alleged Barbara Bush quote as well…attributed to Lenny Clarke.

And, finally, [this site](http://www.algonquinc.on.ca/~harperp/jk-quote.html) attributes the Tiger Woods quote to Ren Hicks.

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-for-debunking/44343/3 "2000-12-06T19:41:03Z")

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Hmm, thanks. Just about all of the quotes in the e-mail are from [one](http://www.algonquinc.on.ca/~harperp/jk-quote.html) of your links, but attributed to different people.

For example, the e-mail says that Henry Kissinger said “There are only two reasons to sit in the back row of an airplane: Either you have diarrhoea, or you’re anxious to meet people who do,” not Richard Jeni.