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What’s an oft-quoted quote that’s often misquoted? ~

Please quote both the correct and incorrect versions of it, thank you. 


“What we have here is a failure to communicate.”

“What we have here is failure to communicate.”

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Posted - March 26, 2020
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  • 8214
    I'm listening, start talking.  
      March 26, 2020 3:04 AM MDT
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  • 23577

    Maybe "Money is the root of all evil."

    The correct version is "The love of money is the root of all evil."

    I may be wrong on both counts.
    :)
      March 26, 2020 7:33 AM MDT
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  • 34272
    You are correct. :)
      March 26, 2020 7:34 AM MDT
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  • 34272
    "The lion shall lay with the lamb."

    Isaiah 11:6. "The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together."
      March 26, 2020 8:00 AM MDT
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  • 34272
    What we have here is a failure to communicate.”

    “What we have here is failure to communicate.”


    Correct:
    What we've got here is failure to communicate. This post was edited by my2cents at March 28, 2020 6:06 PM MDT
      March 26, 2020 8:16 AM MDT
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  • 44614
    Huh? That's part of the question.
      March 26, 2020 8:45 AM MDT
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  • 53509

      She’s corrected my correction. I believe she may be correct. 
    ~
      March 26, 2020 8:46 AM MDT
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  • 34272
    Luke, I am your father. 

    Correct:
    "No, I am your father. 

      March 26, 2020 8:52 AM MDT
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  • 44614
    "Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore...it's too crowded."

    Correct: "Nobody goes there anymore...it's too crowded.

    This is a Yogiism. I often misquote this one.

    Another:



    Misquote: “Mama always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates.’”
    Actual Quote: “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates."
      March 26, 2020 8:54 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    Wow - - thanks for an Asker's Pick! I only just now noticed.
    :)
      March 28, 2020 6:08 PM MDT
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