- Scotty" did not
appear in that form in the
original series.
Other misquotations include "Just the facts, ma'am" (attributed to Jack Webb's character...
-
traditional role. The
phrase most
commonly cited in this
regard is the
misquotation "comely
maidens dancing at the crossroads". The
speech in fact made no...
- 1939: 7 1967: 5 1933: 4 1976: 4 A
number of the
entries are
frequently misquoted. The
following have
become well-known but are incorrect: #4: "Toto, I...
-
Misquoting Jesus: The
Story Behind Who
Changed the
Bible and Why (published as
Whose Word Is It? in the
United Kingdom) is a book by Bart D. Ehrman, a...
- "Beam me up, Scotty" is a
catchphrase and
misquotation that made its way into po****r
culture from the
science fiction television series Star Trek: The...
-
encyclopedia article for List of
misquotations (search results). You may want to read Wikiquote's
entry on "list of
misquotations" instead.Wikiquote:Special:Search/list...
-
Following is a list of film
misquotes,
ordered by
release date.
Quotes may be
changed for a
number of reasons. Long ones, such as
Apocalypse Now's "I...
- .." is a
misquote of the line "Uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown", from Shakespeare's play
Henry IV, Part 2. Often, it is a
misquote of a separate...
-
finish last," a
frequent misquotation of Leo Durocher's
statement "Nice guys;
finish last,"
which was
itself a 1975
misquotation by
Durocher of his statement...
- The
phrase is
often shortened to "[X]
protests too much". A
common misquotation places methinks first, as "Methinks the lady doth
protest too much."...
