Wow - had not come across @quoteinvestigator.com before... 🫡

@quoteinvestigator.com to the rescue! quoteinvestigator.com/2014/10/14/f...

By the way, the origins of that quote, often falsely attributed to President Dwight Eisenhower and others, were thoroughly studied by @quoteinvestigator.com at my request: quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/29/l...

Don’t worry about people stealing your idea. If it’s original you will have to ram it down their throats Who said this: Howard H. Aiken? Kenneth E. Iverson? Grace Murray Hopper? Anonymous? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/03/06/i...

If you're someone who likes to occasionally reference famous/infamous quotes in your Bluesky posts and you're not already following @quoteinvestigator.com (or using his website database), I have only one question: Why not? He's the real deal when it comes to researching proper attribution.

Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Albert Einstein attract numerous misattributions. They are quotation magnets / flypaper figures. Top 100 names listed here are based on number of QI articles. Large type face means more articles. Admittedly, this is a biased sample: quoteinvestigator.com/search/

Thanks for posting this (I came here to do just that but see my effort would have been superfluous.) @quoteinvestigator.com is just the bee's knees on this stuff. I refer to him regularly as an indispensable source on proper quote attribution. An Internet treasure.

Details from @quoteinvestigator.com, if anyone wants: quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/r...

Quick search: Aug 16, 1966, The News-Herald, Franklin, Pennsylvania James Logue director of promotion local blood donation. Probably already in use [Begin] Logue ... it is going to take a lot of teamwork to make that dream work. [End] www.newspapers.com/article/the-... @simonkoppel.bsky.social

"Two of us riding nowhere Spending someone's hard-earned pay You and me Sunday driving Not arriving on our way back home" - Lennon & McCartney Do you know where you are going?

If you're not sure where you're going, you're liable to end up someplace else Who said this: baseball player Yogi Berra? advice columnist Abigail Van Buren? psychologist Robert F. Mager? someone else? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/03/04/k...

My standard version is "I don't know, I've never read any." People always correct me. It's more satisfying than telling the joke. (Also, I'm indirectly named for the writer, and have read some.)

I have to say I prefer the spin-off: A: Do you like duckling? B: I don't know - I've never duckled. Partly because duckling is (acc. to some) a foodstuff, but mainly because it sounds naughtier/cuter/sillier.

There is a QI article about that comical dialogue: "Do You Like Kipling?" "I Don't Know; I've Never Kippled Before" quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/02/l...

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe The line above has been attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche and Rudyard Kipling. Did either say it? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/03/02/s...

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Is it fair the person who popularized something gets the credit? That is a hard question!

Everything beeps now Who said the quip above: Comedian George Carlin? Television personality Jeremy Clarkson? Columnist Carol Mueller? Columnist Larry Tobin? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/28/e...

Thanks for the hat tip and more importantly, the article.

Your inquiry about a phrase used by technology enthusiasts and critics inspired the creation of a Quote Investigator article: Phrase Origin: A Solution in Search of a Problem quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/25/s... @bjkeefe.bsky.social

A solution in search of a problem Which technology inspired the creation of the phrase above. Laser? Electronic computer? Nuclear energy? Meteorological satellite? Artificial intelligence? Bitcoin? Blockchain? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/25/s...

That exchange is also the basis of the song "Man Say" in the rather underrated 1973 stage musical of A Raisin in the Sun, titled, not particularly wisely, Raisin.

Was the following dialogue crafted by horror author Stephen King, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, or someone else? "I got me a dream" "Eat your eggs" quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/21/e...

Clever wordplay and cleverer investigation!

Who crafted this quip using wordplay? Thomas Robert Dewar? Grafton Grabb? A Ragged Tramp? Anonymous? Life is full of trials with an occasional conviction quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/19/t...

fyi, phrase/quote origin: "There Is No Bad Weather, Only Inappropriate Clothing" quoteinvestigator.com/2024/03/30/w... thanks as always @quoteinvestigator.com c/ @wanderinggaia.bsky.social

Your request about the following Goldwynism inspired the creation of a Quote Investigator article: When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/15/o... @clgood.bsky.social

Who crafted this obnoxious and high-handed remark? When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you Samuel Goldwyn? Bill Keisler? Bobby Wayne? Vladimir Semyonov? Sam Levenson? Laurence J. Peter? Anonymous? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/15/o...

You may not be always right, but you are definitely never wrong!

Cats and dogs! What a difference!🐈🐕

Did famous Hollywood movie producer Samuel Goldwyn make the following gaffe? Or was it spoken by Cy Rigler? Margaret Grant? George Bernard Shaw? Harry Rapf? Anonymous? I may not always be right, but I am never wrong! quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/13/n...

Who crafted this humorous claim about cats and dogs? Christopher Hitchens? Brian Crane? Susie Blair? Brian K. Lebowitz? If you feed a dog, the dog thinks that you are God; but if you feed a cat, the cat thinks that he is God quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/11/d...

Your discussion and request about a quotation comparing dogs and cats inspired the creation of a QI article: quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/11/d... @clgood.bsky.social @jonathanstea.bsky.social

As local pedant, I can't help noticing that the verse's original meaning--"God is merciful and gives (the blessing of) rain to the unjust, too"--gets flipped along the way to, basically, "God is arbitrary and inconveniences the just and unjust people alike". I wonder when that flip happened...

It is a long and winding road of investigation!

Whatever the origin, it is a good little twist on the original Bible quote.

Sources used for this QI article. See bibliographical notes Google Books (books.google.com) Newspaper Database (newspapers.com), British Newspaper Archive (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Internet Archive (archive.org) Hansard UK Parliament (hansard.parliament.uk) Bible verses (BibleHub.com)

I would love to have their research library. Or whatever tricks they use to dig up meaningful data from Google.

Your request from Dec 19 about this verse has inspired a Quote Investigator article: The rain, it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella. But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella. quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/08/s... @lizardky.bsky.social

Who crafted this humorous verse? The rain, it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella. But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella. quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/08/s...

I prefer: “Don’t believe anything without thought.” - Me

A popular proverb states: Don't believe everything you hear What is the provenance of this more extreme saying? Don't believe everything you think quoteinvestigator.com/2026/02/02/b...

Corey was a really funny guy.

In "The Untouchables" Al Capone played by Robert DeNiro said: I grew up in a tough neighborhood, and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun, than you can with just a kind word But this quip was crafted by a comedian! quoteinvestigator.com/2013/11/03/k...

Yes, for Roland Barthes "All the world’s photographs formed a Labyrinth", and Barthes' Ariadne was the Winter Garden Photograph

"I knew that at the center of this Labyrinth I would find nothing but this sole picture... The Winter Garden Photograph... would tell me what constituted that thread which drew me toward Photography."

Did philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche really write the following? Who was Nietzsche's mysterious Ariadne? The labyrinthine man never seeks the truth but always and only his Ariadne quoteinvestigator.com/2026/01/30/l...

That is one long investigation!

What is the provenance of this famous proverb about out-of-date military doctrine: Generals always prepare to fight the previous war quoteinvestigator.com/2026/01/27/l...

Huh. I always thought it was a Mel Brooks-ism: “tragedy is when I stub my toe, comedy is when you fall down a well”. Cool to see all the precedents and different takes on the theme!