FAMOUS MISQUOTES

“Elementary, my dear Watson.” – Sherlock Holmes (never actually said this exact phrase in the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Beam me up, Scotty!” – Captain Kirk (never said this exact phrase in Star Trek)

“Luke, I am your father.” – Darth Vader (actually said “No, I am your father” in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)

“Play it again, Sam.” – Ingrid Bergman’s character in Casablanca (she actually says “Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By'”)

“Houston, we have a problem.” – Apollo 13 astronauts (actually said “Houston, we’ve had a problem” in the actual mission recording)

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” – Evil Queen in Snow White (actually says “Magic mirror on the wall”)

“Just do it.” – Nike slogan (only the “Just do it” part is commonly remembered when the full phrase is “Just do it” + the rest of the ad copy)

“The ends justify the means.” – Machiavelli (the phrase is not explicitly mentioned in his writings)

“I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.” – Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (she actually says “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up”)

“Money is the root of all evil.” – Bible (the correct quote is “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil”)

“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” – William Congreve (actually said “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned”)

“Nice guys finish last.” – Leo Durocher (he actually said “The nice guys are all over there, in seventh place”)

“We don’t need no education.” – Pink Floyd (the correct line is “We don’t need no thought control”)

“It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superman!” – Narrator in the Superman TV series (the actual line is “It’s Superman!”)

“Blood is thicker than water.” – Bible (the full quote is “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb”) QUOTES PUTTING YOURSELF FIRST

“Curiosity killed the cat.” – Unknown (the original phrase was “Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back”)

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire (this quote is often misattributed to him, but it was actually written by Evelyn Beatrice Hall in her biography of Voltaire)

“Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Lord Acton (his actual quote was “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”)

“We are the champions…of the world!” – Queen’s song “We Are the Champions”

(the phrase “…of the world!” is not included in the song’s original version)

“Go ahead, make my day.” – Clint Eastwood’s character in Sudden Impact (he actually says “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”)

“I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob.” – The Beatles’ song “I Am the Walrus”

(the “goo goo g’joob” part is not in the original lyrics, but was added later)

“Hell is other people.” – Jean-Paul Sartre (he actually wrote “L’enfer, c’est les autres,” which translates to “Hell is other people”)

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt (this line is correctly attributed to him, but it is often misquoted as “The only thing we have to fear is fear”)

“There’s no place like home.” – Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (she actually says “There’s no place like home!”)

“I can see Russia from my house.” – Sarah Palin (this line was famously attributed to her, but it was actually a misquote from a Saturday Night Live sketch by Tina Fey)

“To be, or not to be: that is the question.” – Hamlet (often misquoted as “To be or not to be, that’s the question”)