Which famous quotes would take on a totally different meaning if said by someone else?

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This reddit thread has some great ones but I’d love to hear some that Dopers have come up with.

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Speak softly and carry a big stick. John Holmes.

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“The Beatles are more popular than Jesus.” - Mick Jagger :smiley:

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[T]oday I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
OJ Simpson October 3, 1995

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“Show me your genitals, your genitals. Show me your genitals. GENITALIA!” - Bill Clinton

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If the Hulk says “Hulk smash!” it’s an assertion; if Captain America says it, it’s an order.

On a similar note, given Doctor Doom’s tendency to speak in the third person, lots of his boasts sound entirely different if you imagine someone else saying them. “None can defeat DOOM!” - Reed Richards.

“The Beatles are more popular than Jesus.” - the Pope.

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“L’etat ce moi” – Adolph Hitler

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“Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country”
-The Unabomber

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Oh my God, that thread is hilarious.

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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” - any future victim in a Nightmare on Elm Street movie

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“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”
-Mike Tyson

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Let them eat cake.

-Betty Crocker

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I can’t think of any right now, but I did like:

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Glenn Beck.