12 Famous Quotes That Always Get Misattributed

Business Insider ^ | Christina Sterbenz

[coon2000]

Vince started a speech with “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing....”

[elcid1970]

“I never forget a face, but in your case I’m willing to make an exception.” - Groucho Marx

“Water? An abominable substance, my boy. Fish f&^% in it.”

“Any man who hates dogs and children can’t be all bad.”

“Scram, kid, before I break both your legs.”

“On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.” (epitaph)

- not W.C. Fields

[xrmusn]

When quoting something that tradition says someone said it and (supposed) facts say they didn’t, I like to throw in

“Well he would have said it if he had thought of it at the time”...
(that should ‘cover’ it)

[RedMonqey]

“Yes, move the cat.”

— not Johnny Carson

[RedMonqey]

“Big ‘ole jet airliner” — Steve Miller Band

[Verginius Rufus]

“The preacher locked the door, he knows I’m gonna stay.” — not The Mamas and the Papas

[Steely Tom]

You got it!

[RedMonqey]

Yep (Snicker, snicker)

[stylin19a]

maybe it’s meant as “coined” or “credit” for the phrase ?
Lombardi did say “winning isn’t every thing; it’s the only thing.” (though he claims to be was misquoted) and was given credit for the quote.

wiki has a nice summary of it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing

I heard that quote in a John Wayne movie “Trouble Along The Way”, which came out in 1953.

If sounds goofy, you are safe guessing Yogi Berra.

[rfp1234]

The “Mission Accomplished” banner in 2003.

-—Not George W. Bush
(Actually, it was General Tommy Franks)

[rfp1234]

“The girl with colitis goes by...”
-—Not the Beatles.

[Steely Tom]

“The girl with colitis goes by...” -—Not the Beatles.

I never heard it that way, but I was in seventh grade when it came out and hadn't heard of colitis.

Related: some children who have cystic fibrosis have called it "sixty-five roses."

[Political Junkie Too]

"Win just one for the Zipper."
-- not Ronald Reagan (or Knute Rockne)

-PJ

[KarlInOhio]

12. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."— not Albert Einstein

I thought that was quantum mechanics instead of insanity. Or maybe just a superposition of the probabilty functions of insanity and quantum mechanics.

[Ignatz]

“Play it again, Sam.”

A lot of people may have said that, but not Humphrey Bogart's character in the movie Casablanca .

He said, "Play it, Sam. You played it for her, you can play it for me".

[Army Air Corps]

That’s funny, right there.

[Crucial]

The third one sounds like Yogi Berra.

[Fledermaus]

I’ve heard that too.

[Grimmy]

“I didn’t do that.” not Bill Clinton... oh wait. Never mind.

[SeekAndFind]

“I did not have sex with that woman” — Yes Bill Clinton