# The ethics of deliberate misattribution **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101 "2012-10-18T05:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/41 "2013-02-23T14:35:10Z")
No, in this case it will be “After me, Deep Shit " ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/42 "2013-02-23T14:36:37Z")
Unfortunatly the saying "A good beginning is half the battle " - doesn’t apply to Waterloo … " - Napoleon Bonaparte ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/43 "2013-02-23T14:53:09Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I guess I’m the only one who misread the title thinking “misattribution” was, well, something else that has similar letters but means something completely different… Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/44 "2013-02-24T10:51:06Z")
Even the Gold Rush can be boring … " King Midas ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/45 "2013-02-24T20:30:33Z")
The inability of some critics to connect the dots doesn’t make pointillism pointless … “ - Georges Seurat ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/46 "2013-02-25T10:17:22Z")
In the last stage of his life Danton that "Mirabeau of the Sans cullotes " was all talk and no trousers … " Napoleon Bonaparte ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/47 "2013-03-02T18:29:41Z")
Hotel de Ville was Robespierre’s last resort … " - Paul Barras ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/48 "2013-03-02T18:31:54Z")
The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot … " - Napoleon Bonaparte ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/49 "2013-03-02T18:33:22Z")
Napoleon’s famous whiff of grapeshot was not a whiff at all … " - Joe DiMaggio ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/50 "2013-03-10T17:49:54Z")
I wish at least one cloud has a silver lining for a change … " King Midas ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/51 "2013-03-13T16:23:32Z")
Go ahead, make my day ! … " Harry Truman to Emperor Hirohito on August 6, 1945 ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/52 "2013-03-13T16:24:50Z")
The war ain’t ober till the Fat Man sings … " Harry Truman on August 9, 1945 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/53 "2013-03-13T20:27:28Z")
(Crossing into Tom Swiftie territory) “Oh, no! I’ve walked into a minefield!” -Napoleon Blownapart ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/54 "2013-03-13T23:05:02Z")
Okay, Yury Lobo, can you please stop before I have to strangle you? You don’t need to make a new post for every quote. That said, I actually laughed out loud at the Mike Tyson quote. Not sure what it says about me that I laughed at the most childish and least clever one. ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/55 "2013-03-15T16:33:37Z")
Big things come in small packages … " Pepin the Short ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/56 "2013-03-16T13:33:01Z")
On November 22, 1963 I was definitly having a bad crosshair day … " - John F. Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/57 "2013-03-17T15:01:32Z")
Paris is well worth a massacre ! … " - Henry IV of France on August 24, 1572 ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/58 "2013-03-19T17:47:03Z")
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder … " - Homer ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/59 "2013-03-20T13:14:59Z")
Read my lips: no more plastic surgeries … " - Jackie Stallone ---
**Author:** ![Yury\_Lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@Yury\_Lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yury_Lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101/60 "2013-03-21T17:07:43Z")
The Bartholomew’s Night Massacre was a true graveyard shift … " - Catherine de’ Mediici [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101.md?page=4)