# Source of quote "to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quote-to-a-man-with-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/472556 "2008-11-13T17:24:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quote-to-a-man-with-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/472556/21 "2008-11-14T19:59:27Z")

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> [@anson2995](#):
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> Nailing down the actual origin of most quotes is a million times more difficult than you might imagine.

I bet you wished you had a hammer.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-of-quote-to-a-man-with-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/472556/22 "2008-11-14T20:19:17Z")

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I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there.

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