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John Lennon? Randy Pausch? William Lundigan? Anonymous?</strong></h4> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/erupvolcano07.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="711" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/erupvolcano07-1024x711.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446241" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/erupvolcano07-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/erupvolcano07-300x208.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/erupvolcano07-768x533.jpg 768w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/erupvolcano07.jpg 1475w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Volcanic eruption in Iceland from Unsplash</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>A clever saying states that experience in life is obtained indirectly. Here are two versions:</p> <p>(1) Experience is what you get while looking for something else.<br />(2) Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.</p> <p>This saying has been attributed to computer scientist Randy Pausch, aphorism collector Mary Pettibone Poole, and musician John Lennon. Would you please explore this topic?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator: </strong>The earliest close match known to <strong>QI</strong> appeared in the “Toledo Weekly Blade” of Ohio on May 10, 1923. Boldface added to excerpts by <strong>QI</strong>:<sup data-fn="488fe196-e771-4162-bf6e-29a5ce5ef99b" class="fn"><a href="#488fe196-e771-4162-bf6e-29a5ce5ef99b" id="488fe196-e771-4162-bf6e-29a5ce5ef99b-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p><strong>Experience is what you get while you are looking for something else.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>The creator was anonymous. Mary Pettibone Poole included the saying in a 1938 collection, but the saying was already in circulation. Randy Pausch included the saying in “The Last Lecture” in 2008. Pausch heard the statement while working at a videogame company. John Lennon implausibly received credit in 1997.</p> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/11/05/experience-else/#more-446238" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> “Quote Origin: Experience Is What You Get While Looking For Something Else”</span></a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/author/garson/">quoteresearch</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/11/05/experience-else/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-05T13:23:58-05:00">November 5, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-05T13:45:02-05:00">November 5, 2024</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags: </span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/john-lennon/" rel="tag">John Lennon</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/mary-pettibone-poole/" rel="tag">Mary Pettibone Poole</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/randy-pausch/" rel="tag">Randy Pausch</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/william-lundigan/" rel="tag">William Lundigan</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-446220" class="post-446220 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-george-e-waring-jr tag-henry-stanley-haskins tag-keble-howard tag-lord-chesterfield tag-robert-heinlein tag-steven-tyler entry"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/11/02/worth-overdoing/" rel="bookmark">Adage Origin: Whatever Is Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Steven Tyler? Keble Howard? George E. Waring Jr.? Henry Stanley Haskins?</strong> <strong>Robert Heinlein? Lord Chesterfield? Anonymous?</strong></h4> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swing07.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="830" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swing07-1024x830.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446222" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swing07-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swing07-300x243.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swing07-768x623.jpg 768w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swing07.jpg 1487w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Painting titled “The Swing” by Jean-Honore Fragonard circa 1767</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>The following adage celebrates enthusiasm and exuberance:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.</p> </blockquote> <p>This saying has been attributed to the rock star Steven Tyler and science fiction author Robert Heinlein. Would you please help me to trace this saying?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator:</strong> The first match known to <strong>QI</strong> appeared in an 1867 book about drainage systems by sanitary engineer George E. Waring Jr. who designed the drainage for Central Park in New York City. Waring employed the saying while suggesting that the pipes were too large in many existing systems. Boldface added to excerpts by <strong>QI</strong>:<sup data-fn="c5c5f512-89b0-49e6-8c2e-d29d4f98f391" class="fn"><a href="#c5c5f512-89b0-49e6-8c2e-d29d4f98f391" id="c5c5f512-89b0-49e6-8c2e-d29d4f98f391-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>A common impression seems to prevail, that if a 2-inch pipe is good, a 3-inch pipe must be better, and that, generally, <strong>if draining is worth doing at all, it is worth overdoing;</strong> while the great importance of having perfectly fitting connections is not readily perceived. The general result is, that most of the tile-draining in this country has been too expensive for economy, and too careless for lasting efficiency.</p> </blockquote> <p>The next match appeared in 1895 within “The Evening News” of London, England. The domain was stock market trading, and the creator was anonymous:<sup data-fn="5b38fde5-beb0-46c6-9c46-a3814f5846cf" class="fn"><a href="#5b38fde5-beb0-46c6-9c46-a3814f5846cf" id="5b38fde5-beb0-46c6-9c46-a3814f5846cf-link">2</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p><strong>Whatever is worth doing, </strong>according to the Stock Exchange,<strong> is worth overdoing, </strong>and so it came about that Canadian Pacific shares were knocked down nearly six points yesterday on a piece of news that was at any rate expected in some quarters.</p> </blockquote> <p>In 1906 “The North Adams Transcript” of Massachusetts printed a general instance which was not tied to a specific domain:<sup data-fn="07558f2e-a346-454f-93ba-03d7cc7e3515" class="fn"><a href="#07558f2e-a346-454f-93ba-03d7cc7e3515" id="07558f2e-a346-454f-93ba-03d7cc7e3515-link">3</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>We are very apt, in this day and nation, to act as though we held to the principle that <strong>what is worth doing is worth overdoing</strong>. It is this passion for extremes that is involved, a passion which the Transcript has more than once referred to as perhaps the chief danger of the nation…</p> </blockquote> <p>Below are additional selected citations in chronological order.</p> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/11/02/worth-overdoing/#more-446220" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> “Adage Origin: Whatever Is Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing”</span></a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/author/garson/">quoteresearch</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/11/02/worth-overdoing/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-02T22:18:34-04:00">November 2, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-07T10:45:18-05:00">November 7, 2024</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags: </span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/george-e-waring-jr/" rel="tag">George E. 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Anonymous?</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jewelryny08.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="1000" height="922" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jewelryny08.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446203" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jewelryny08.jpg 1000w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jewelryny08-300x277.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jewelryny08-768x708.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Illustration of jewelry from Unsplash</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>Statements about stylish clothing and beautiful furnishings are often opaque. Here is an example:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>Elegance is refusal.</p> </blockquote> <p>This statement has been attributed to two prominent fashion mavens: Coco Chanel and Diana Vreeland. I have never seen a solid citation. Would you please help trace this saying?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator: QI </strong>has found no substantive evidence that Coco Chanel employed this statement. She died in 1971 and received credit by 2000.</p> <p>Diana Vreeland worked at “Harper’s Bazaar” from 1936 to 1963 followed by a job at “Vogue” from 1963 to 1971 where she became the editor-in-chief. Later she acted as a special consultant to The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.</p> <p>In 1980 Vreeland with Christopher Hemphill published an over-sized fashion photography book titled “Allure”. The work included commentary from Vreeland about fashion. Boldface added to excerpts by <strong>QI</strong>:<sup data-fn="43efff50-8010-4c91-88f5-80a468139597" class="fn"><a href="#43efff50-8010-4c91-88f5-80a468139597" id="43efff50-8010-4c91-88f5-80a468139597-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>“Fashion is a passing thing—a thing of fancy, fantasy, and feeling. Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well-dressed. It’s a quality possessed by certain thoughts and certain animals.</p> </blockquote> <p>Vreeland mentioned two exemplars of elegance: an animal and an actress. Next, she employed the saying under examination:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>So I said, “Gazelles have elegance. And Audrey Hepburn — magnificently.” Then I said something I’ve always known. I don’t know who it’s a quote from. I didn’t get it from you, shall we say, and I didn’t make it up, but I’ve known it all my life.<br /><strong>“Elegance,”</strong> I said, <strong>“is refusal.”</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Interestingly, Vreeland suggested that she was not the creator of the saying, but somehow she had known it her entire life.</p> <p>Below are additional selected citations in chronological order.</p> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/11/01/elegance-refusal/#more-446201" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> “Quote Origin: Elegance Is Refusal”</span></a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/author/garson/">quoteresearch</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/11/01/elegance-refusal/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-01T00:22:10-04:00">November 1, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-10T15:21:17-05:00">November 10, 2024</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags: </span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/coco-chanel/" rel="tag">Coco Chanel</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/diana-vreeland/" rel="tag">Diana Vreeland</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/francine-du-plessix-gray/" rel="tag">Francine du Plessix Gray</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-446180" class="post-446180 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-arthur-m-pearson tag-fred-dumont-smith tag-mark-twain tag-will-rogers entry"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/29/buy-land/" rel="bookmark">Quip Origin: Buy Land; They’re Not Making It Anymore</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>Mark Twain? Will Rogers? Fred Dumont Smith? Arthur M. Pearson? Apocryphal? Anonymous?</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/blearth11.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="738" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/blearth11-1024x738.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446182" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/blearth11-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/blearth11-300x216.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/blearth11-768x554.jpg 768w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/blearth11.jpg 1250w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Earth viewed by the crew of the Apollo 17 space mission</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>The quantity of real estate is limited by the surface area of our planet. A popular wag commented about this restricted supply. Here are three versions:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>(1) Buy land. They’re not making it anymore.<br />(2) Buy land. God is not making any more of it.<br />(3) Buy land. The good Lord stopped making it.</p> </blockquote> <p>This notion has been credited to two famous U.S. humorists: Mark Twain and Will Rogers. Yet, I have never seen a solid citation, and I have become skeptical. Would you please explore this topic?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator: QI </strong>and other researchers have not found any substantive evidence that Mark Twain employed this quip. The earliest match found by <strong>QI</strong> appeared in the “McCracken Enterprise” of McCracken, Kansas in October 1905. The saying was spoken by an anonymous “old gentlemen”, and the newspaper acknowledged a nearby periodical called the “Kinsley Mercury”. Boldface added to excerpts by <strong>QI</strong>:<sup data-fn="ec4a22ca-f398-4a26-b8cf-e2d57a5b2039" class="fn"><a href="#ec4a22ca-f398-4a26-b8cf-e2d57a5b2039" id="ec4a22ca-f398-4a26-b8cf-e2d57a5b2039-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>An old gentleman the other day in advising a friend to <strong>buy land</strong>, said, <strong>God almighty isn’t making any more land</strong>, but he’s makin babies every mornin’.</p> </blockquote> <p>Interestingly, Will Rogers did compose a thematically related statement about “Ocean Frontage” for his syndicated newspaper column in 1930, but the remark by Rogers was not a close match to the concise quip, and the joke was already in circulation. Details are presented further below.</p> <p>This saying is difficult to trace because it can be expressed in many ways. Here is an overview depicting the evolution of the statement together with dates and ascriptions.</p> <p><strong>1905 Oct 13:</strong> Buy land … God almighty isn’t making any more land (Attributed to an old gentleman)</p> <p><strong>1905 Oct 20:</strong> Buy more land … God almighty isn’t makin’ any more land (Attributed to an old Irishman)</p> <p><strong>1916 Oct 07:</strong> Buy more land. God is not in the real estate business any more now and He is not going to make any more land (Reverend C. L. Davis)</p> <p><strong>1922 Apr 16:</strong> “God Almighty long ago stopped making Shore Lots” … Buy now, while you can (Attributed to a reverend gentleman)</p> <p><strong>1930 Apr 13:</strong> I had been putting what little money I had in Ocean Frontage, for the sole reason that there was only so much of it and no more, and that they wasent making any more (Will Rogers)</p> <p><strong>1936 Nov 12:</strong> I asked him why he continued to buy land? … “The Lord made the world and stopped making land” (Attributed to a friend)</p> <p><strong>1954 Feb 21:</strong> “Buy Land” — they ain’t making any more of that stuff (Attributed to Will Rogers)</p> <p><strong>1961 Mar 30:</strong> Buy land—they’re not making it any more (Anonymous)</p> <p><strong>1965 Aug 21:</strong> Buy land while you can — they’ve stopped making it (Anonymous)</p> <p><strong>1971 May 24:</strong> Buy land, they’ve stopped making it (Attributed to Mark Twain)</p> <p><strong>1971 Sep 19:</strong> Buy land as they’re not making any more (Attributed to Mark Twain)</p> <p><strong>1973 Mar 17:</strong> Buy land. They’ve stopped making it. (Attributed to Arthur M. Pearson)</p> <p><strong>1997 Oct 06:</strong> Buy land … “God ain’t gonna invent any more.” (Attributed to Mark Twain)</p> <p><strong>2000: </strong>Buy land! They ain’t making any more of it. (Attributed to Will Rogers)</p> <p><strong>2017:</strong> Buy land. They’re not making it anymore (Attributed to Mark Twain)</p> <p>Below are details for selected citations in chronological order.</p> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/29/buy-land/#more-446180" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> “Quip Origin: Buy Land; They’re Not Making It Anymore”</span></a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/author/garson/">quoteresearch</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/29/buy-land/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-10-29T19:40:22-04:00">October 29, 2024</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags: </span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/arthur-m-pearson/" rel="tag">Arthur M. Pearson</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/fred-dumont-smith/" rel="tag">Fred Dumont Smith</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/mark-twain/" rel="tag">Mark Twain</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/will-rogers/" rel="tag">Will Rogers</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-446163" class="post-446163 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-charmian-london tag-jack-london entry"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/27/death-last/" rel="bookmark">Quote Origin: With My Death I Am Just As Much Obliterated As the Last Mosquito You or I Smashed</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>Jack London? Charmian London? Apocryphal?</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mosqlondon08.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1000" height="507" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mosqlondon08.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446164" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mosqlondon08.jpg 1000w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mosqlondon08-300x152.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mosqlondon08-768x389.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Portrait of Jack London and an illustration of a mosquito</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>The U.S. writer Jack London is best known for the novel “The Call of the Wild” and the short story “To Build a Fire”. Apparently, London adhered to a materialistic philosophy, and he was skeptical of an afterlife. When describing the end of life he used a vivid analogy to a smashed mosquito. Would you please help me to find his precise quotation together with a citation?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator: </strong>Jack London died in 1916. In 1921 his wife, Charmian London, published “The Book of Jack London” which included an excerpt from a letter that he wrote to a friend on June 25, 1914. Boldface added to excerpts by<strong> QI:</strong><sup data-fn="3b4ee5cd-8dfc-4a42-9df9-c43617343aa3" class="fn"><a href="#3b4ee5cd-8dfc-4a42-9df9-c43617343aa3" id="3b4ee5cd-8dfc-4a42-9df9-c43617343aa3-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>“. . . I have always inclined toward Haeckel’s position. In fact, ‘incline’ is too weak a word. I am a hopeless materialist. I see a soul as nothing else than the sum of the activities of the organism plus personal habits, memories, experiences, of the organism. I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. <strong>I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you or I smashed.”</strong></p> <p>“I have no patience with fly-by-night philosophers such as Bergson. I have no patience with the metaphysical philosophers.”</p> </blockquote> <p>Below are additional selected citations in chronological order.</p> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/27/death-last/#more-446163" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> “Quote Origin: With My Death I Am Just As Much Obliterated As the Last Mosquito You or I Smashed”</span></a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/author/garson/">quoteresearch</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/27/death-last/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-10-27T17:22:19-04:00">October 27, 2024</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags: </span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/charmian-london/" rel="tag">Charmian London</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/jack-london/" rel="tag">Jack London</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-446154" class="post-446154 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-bertrand-russell tag-mignon-mclaughlin tag-william-butler-yeats entry"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/26/know-nothing/" rel="bookmark">Quote Origin: The Know-Nothings Are, Unfortunately, Seldom the Do-Nothings</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>Mignon McLaughlin? William Butler Yeats? Bertrand Russell? Anonymous?</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/psilhouette07.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="722" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/psilhouette07-1024x722.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446156" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/psilhouette07-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/psilhouette07-300x211.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/psilhouette07-768x541.jpg 768w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/psilhouette07.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Silhouettes of people from Pixabay</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>The present state of the world might be best explained with the following acerbic remark:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>The know-nothings of the world are, regrettably, not the do-nothings.</p> </blockquote> <p>I am not sure of the original phrasing. Would you please help me to trace this saying and determine the originator?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator: </strong>The earliest match located by <strong>QI</strong> appeared in “The Neurotic’s Notebook” by Mignon McLaughlin who was a journalist, a magazine editor, and an aphorist. Here are three items from the book. Boldface added to excerpts by <strong>QI</strong>:<sup data-fn="42af4e27-3822-45bd-8936-fd94062d0a8c" class="fn"><a href="#42af4e27-3822-45bd-8936-fd94062d0a8c" id="42af4e27-3822-45bd-8936-fd94062d0a8c-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p><strong>The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.</strong></p> <p>What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.</p> <p>It is romantic to expect that things will get better, cynical to suppose that they will not, bestial not to care.</p> </blockquote> <p>Below are additional selected citations in chronological order.</p> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/26/know-nothing/#more-446154" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> “Quote Origin: The Know-Nothings Are, Unfortunately, Seldom the Do-Nothings”</span></a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/author/garson/">quoteresearch</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/26/know-nothing/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-10-26T20:48:59-04:00">October 26, 2024</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags: </span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/bertrand-russell/" rel="tag">Bertrand Russell</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/mignon-mclaughlin/" rel="tag">Mignon McLaughlin</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/william-butler-yeats/" rel="tag">William Butler Yeats</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-446112" class="post-446112 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-anne-morrow-lindbergh tag-art-arthur tag-elizabeth-cutter-morrow tag-john-pierpont-morgan tag-mary-roberts-rinehart tag-o-o-mcintyre entry"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/24/sugar-nose/" rel="bookmark">Anecdote Origin: Will You Have Sugar and Cream in Your Nose?</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>John Pierpont Morgan? Elizabeth Cutter Morrow? Anne Morrow Lindbergh? Mary Roberts Rinehart?</strong> <strong>Art Arthur? O. O. McIntyre? Apocryphal?</strong></h4> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/servetea07.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="854" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/servetea07-1024x854.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446114" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/servetea07-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/servetea07-300x250.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/servetea07-768x641.jpg 768w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/servetea07-1536x1282.jpg 1536w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/servetea07-1568x1308.jpg 1568w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/servetea07.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Picture of a teapot and teacup from Unsplash</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>An embarrassing incident occurred when a famous U.S. financier visited the home of a popular hostess. The financier had an obtrusive bulging nose, and the hostess had a young child who was inquisitive and outspoken. The child was carefully told not to make any comments about the nose.</p> <p>During the visit the youngster was well-behaved and said nothing discomfiting. However, after the child was dismissed the relieved hostess began to serve beverages and said to the financier: “Would you like cream or lemon in your nose?”</p> <p>According to legend the financier was John Pierpont Morgan, the hostess was Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, and the child was Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Is this anecdote grounded in truth?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator: </strong>John Pierpont Morgan died in 1913. The earliest match for this tale located by <strong>QI</strong> appeared in a piece by U.S. writer Mary Roberts Rinehart published in “The Saturday Evening Post” in 1928. Rinehart did not precisely identify either the financier or the hostess. Boldface added to excerpts by <strong>QI</strong>:<sup data-fn="9646dce8-c950-4f49-a32e-e442aea3a4af" class="fn"><a href="#9646dce8-c950-4f49-a32e-e442aea3a4af" id="9646dce8-c950-4f49-a32e-e442aea3a4af-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>Sometimes I feel as distracted as the small boy’s mother, when a great financier was coming to Sunday luncheon. Now this financier had a very large and bulbous nose, and Johnnie was warned neither to stare at it nor to mention it. Nor did he, but when the coffee came on and Johnnie was finally excused, his distracted mother turned to the guest and said:</p> <p><strong>“Mr. Blank, will you have sugar and cream in your nose?”</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>QI</strong> does not know whether Rinehart was presenting a fictional scenario. In most later versions of this story the child was a daughter instead of a son. A denial of the anecdote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh was printed in “The New Yorker” magazine in 1999. See the citation given further below.</p> <p>Below are additional selected citations in chronological order.</p> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/24/sugar-nose/#more-446112" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> “Anecdote Origin: Will You Have Sugar and Cream in Your Nose?”</span></a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/author/garson/">quoteresearch</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/24/sugar-nose/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-10-24T22:29:46-04:00">October 24, 2024</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags: </span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/anne-morrow-lindbergh/" rel="tag">Anne Morrow Lindbergh</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/art-arthur/" rel="tag">Art Arthur</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/elizabeth-cutter-morrow/" rel="tag">Elizabeth Cutter Morrow</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/john-pierpont-morgan/" rel="tag">John Pierpont Morgan</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/mary-roberts-rinehart/" rel="tag">Mary Roberts Rinehart</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/o-o-mcintyre/" rel="tag">O. O. McIntyre</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-446093" class="post-446093 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-arthur-bloch tag-daniel-dennett tag-j-j-hahn tag-richard-feynman entry"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/22/question-answer/" rel="bookmark">Quote Origin: I Would Rather Have Questions That Can’t Be Answered Than Answers That Can’t Be Questioned</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>Richard Feynman?</strong> <strong>Daniel Dennett? J. J. Hahn? Arthur<br />Bloch? Apocryphal? Anonymous?</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/islandq10.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="580" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/islandq10-1024x580.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446096" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/islandq10-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/islandq10-300x170.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/islandq10-768x435.jpg 768w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/islandq10.jpg 1166w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>An island with foliage shaped like a question mark from Pixabay</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>Here are two instances from a family of sayings about questions and answers:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>(1) Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.</p> <p>(2) I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned.</p> </blockquote> <p>The first item has been attributed to the prominent philosopher Daniel Dennett, and the second item has been credited to the notable theoretical physicist Richard Feynman. I have been unable to find solid citations, and I have become skeptical. Would you please help me to trace these sayings?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator:</strong> Daniel Dennett did include the first saying above in his 2006 book “Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon”; however, Dennett specified an anonymous attribution, and the saying was already in circulation by 1995.</p> <p><strong>QI </strong>and other researchers have not found any substantive evidence that Richard Feynman employed the second saying above. Feynman died in 1988, and he received credit by 2014. <strong>QI</strong> conjectures that the second saying evolved from the first saying.</p> <p>The earliest match for the first saying located by<strong> QI </strong>appeared in the Usenet newsgroup alt.atheism on January 16, 1995 within a message posted by J. J. Hahn whose e-mail address indicated an affiliation with the University of Minnesota. Hahn placed the saying in a signature block; hence, it occurred in many of their messages. Boldface added to excerpts by <strong>QI</strong>:<sup data-fn="a5bba554-5688-4fc7-b01e-e815d60be798" class="fn"><a href="#a5bba554-5688-4fc7-b01e-e815d60be798" id="a5bba554-5688-4fc7-b01e-e815d60be798-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p><strong>Philosophy is questions that may never be answered.</strong><br /><strong>Religion is answers that may never be questioned.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>J. J. 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J. Hahn</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/richard-feynman/" rel="tag">Richard Feynman</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-446081" class="post-446081 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-alexander-pope tag-frederick-a-blossom tag-marcel-proust tag-sydney-schiff entry"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/21/art-price/" rel="bookmark">Quote Origin: A Work of Art That Contains Theories Is Like an Object on Which the Price Tag Has Been Left</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Marcel Proust? Alexander Pope? Frederick A. Blossom? Sydney Schiff? Apocryphal?</strong></h4> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pricetag07.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="718" src="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pricetag07-1024x718.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-446083" srcset="https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pricetag07-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pricetag07-300x210.jpg 300w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pricetag07-768x538.jpg 768w, https://quoteinvestigator.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pricetag07.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Illustration of a price tag from Pixabay</strong></figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Question for Quote Investigator: </strong>A prominent literary figure disapproved of intellectual works filled with abstract discourse and archetypal characters. The critique was expressed as follows:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.</p> </blockquote> <p>This statement has been attributed to the French novelist Marcel Proust and the English poet Alexander Pope? Would you please help me to determine the correct author together with a solid citation?</p> <p><strong>Reply from Quote Investigator: QI </strong>has found no substantive evidence supporting the ascription to Alexander Pope who died in 1744.</p> <p>Marcel Proust is best known for the multivolume work “A la recherche du temps perdu” (“Remembrance of Things Past” or “In Search of Lost Time”). The seventh and final volume in this series was “Le Temps retrouvé” (“Time Regained” or “Finding Time Again”) published in 1927 which contained the following passage:<sup data-fn="cb30cee4-df4f-4b08-b999-407d43a6c8be" class="fn"><a href="#cb30cee4-df4f-4b08-b999-407d43a6c8be" id="cb30cee4-df4f-4b08-b999-407d43a6c8be-link">1</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>D’où la grossière tentation pour l’écrivain d’écrire des œuvres intellectuelles. Grande indélicatesse. <strong>Une œuvre où il ya des théories est comme un objet sur lequel on laisse la marque du prix.</strong> Encore cette dernière ne fait-elle qu’exprimer une valeur qu’au contraire en littérature le raisonnement logique diminue.</p> </blockquote> <p>Below is a translation by Frederick A. Blossom from an edition published in 1932:<sup data-fn="8ca74c8d-071d-4f49-a55e-351378dfc639" class="fn"><a href="#8ca74c8d-071d-4f49-a55e-351378dfc639" id="8ca74c8d-071d-4f49-a55e-351378dfc639-link">2</a></sup></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>From this comes the vulgar temptation for the writer to write intellectual works. A grave lack of fine feeling! <strong>A book in which there are theories is like an article from which the price mark has not been removed.</strong> And even at that, a price mark merely expresses value, whereas in literature logical reasoning lessens it.</p> </blockquote> <p>Here are additional selected citations in chronological order.</p> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/21/art-price/#more-446081" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> “Quote Origin: A Work of Art That Contains Theories Is Like an Object on Which the Price Tag Has Been Left”</span></a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><path d="M12 12c2.21 0 4-1.79 4-4s-1.79-4-4-4-4 1.79-4 4 1.79 4 4 4zm0 2c-2.67 0-8 1.34-8 4v2h16v-2c0-2.66-5.33-4-8-4z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/author/garson/">quoteresearch</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><defs><path id="a" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"></path></defs><clipPath id="b"><use xlink:href="#a" overflow="visible"></use></clipPath><path clip-path="url(#b)" d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12s4.5 10 10 10 10-4.5 10-10S17.5 2 12 2zm4.2 14.2L11 13V7h1.5v5.2l4.5 2.7-.8 1.3z"></path></svg><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/10/21/art-price/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-10-21T13:32:38-04:00">October 21, 2024</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 4H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 18c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V8c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-8l-2-2z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="tags-links"><svg class="svg-icon" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21.41 11.58l-9-9C12.05 2.22 11.55 2 11 2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v7c0 .55.22 1.05.59 1.42l9 9c.36.36.86.58 1.41.58.55 0 1.05-.22 1.41-.59l7-7c.37-.36.59-.86.59-1.41 0-.55-.23-1.06-.59-1.42zM5.5 7C4.67 7 4 6.33 4 5.5S4.67 4 5.5 4 7 4.67 7 5.5 6.33 7 5.5 7z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags: </span><a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/alexander-pope/" rel="tag">Alexander Pope</a>, <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/frederick-a-blossom/" rel="tag">Frederick A. 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