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From the lens Famous Misquotes.

  • Edutopia Jan 31, 2012 @ 1:20 am | delete
    A great lens and collection of the proper quotes so you can properly egghead out at parties.
  • christopherwell Oct 5, 2011 @ 2:10 pm | delete
    I love how wide-ranging your list is -- characters from television, film, and print; real-life figures from history, etc. Good lens!
  • stargazer90 Apr 12, 2011 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    ha, great lens! I especially liked the Dracula bit a "misquote can sometimes take on a life of its own and continue to haunt the person who never said it, even after death."
  • jgelien Oct 21, 2010 @ 7:14 am | delete
    Riveting lens. I enjoyed it very much.
  • ShirlW Oct 20, 2010 @ 7:07 am | delete
    Fascinating, interesting and blessed by a Squid Angel today.
  • glockr Oct 18, 2010 @ 12:33 pm | delete
    Well done, fun lens.
  • Oct 9, 2010 @ 2:48 pm | delete
    Thumbs Up!
  • the777group Oct 6, 2010 @ 11:44 pm | delete
    A thoroughly interesting read.
  • SacredCynWear Aug 20, 2010 @ 4:55 am | delete
    what a wonderful lens! Very interesting.. would love to see more!
  • Tipi May 10, 2010 @ 7:03 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD! Better late then never!!! Love this lens the first time and this time too!
    Best of wishes always...you are featured on Cool People on Squidoo!
    Susie
  • skiesgreen May 1, 2010 @ 7:28 pm | delete
    Blessed and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust and also on Lenses that Shine
  • d-artist May 1, 2010 @ 7:35 am | delete
    Great lens...5* also congrats on LOTD. I will lensroll it to my "apropos aphorisms" lens...how about "Judy, Judy, Judy" Gary Grant in 40's movie, but he never said that, Tony Curtis imitating him did...uuhhh, does this date me???
  • GonnaFly May 1, 2010 @ 3:03 am | delete
    Well there you go... No Beam me up Scotty??? Most interesting.
  • Pastiche Apr 30, 2010 @ 12:30 pm | delete
    Fun, fun, fun lens - and I learned about a few misquotes I believed I'd actually heard. Nicely done, and congrats on LOTD.
  • lasertek Apr 28, 2010 @ 3:25 am | delete
    Nice! I like this lens so much. I had fun reading. 5*
  • SquidooKimberly Apr 27, 2010 @ 9:23 am | delete
    Congrats on this fun LOTD!
  • BarbRad Apr 27, 2010 @ 4:55 am | delete
    I learned a lot from this. Thanks. Congrats on LOTD!
  • BevsPaper Apr 26, 2010 @ 5:53 pm | delete
    What a fun list of misquotes! Congrats on your LOTD!
  • bakerwoman Apr 26, 2010 @ 5:46 pm | delete
    Now that you have straightened out the misquotes, I will need to think twice and remember the correct quotes or not say them at all. I think the line from Dracula "I want to drink your blood" was often used as a joke or satire but I knew he never said it. SImilarly, a quote like "It's midnight, I need to get a bite" was definitely made up.
    Very entertaining lens, fav'ed and lensrolled.
  • modz Apr 26, 2010 @ 2:31 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD!
  • HorseAndPony Apr 26, 2010 @ 12:27 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD! This is such a great lens. Blessed! http://www.squidoo.com/horseandpony-squidangel
  • _Joan_ Apr 26, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Congratulations on making LOTD! And you've got all of my favorite movie misquotes!
  • stacy_mcdaniel Apr 26, 2010 @ 12:13 pm | delete
    Congratulations on lens of the day. Great lens!
  • Heather426 Apr 26, 2010 @ 12:09 pm | delete
    congrats on LOTD!
  • sangeeta Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:56 am | delete
    One of the best lens ever. Very Infotaining :)
  • FelicityLuckey Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:55 am | delete
    Very interesting lens and a whole lot of fun too. Congrats on LotD!
  • eclecticeducation Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:55 am | delete
    Great lens!! Lots of information. I had heard the one about Captain Kirk, but many of them I had no clue were misquotes. lol!!! Congratulations on your LotD!
  • PeterAlcivar Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:52 am | delete
    Great lens overall, but I'm surprised you didn't list "The play's the thing," another quote from Hamlet often taken out of context.
  • Christene Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:52 am | delete
    Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • sangeeta Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:40 am | delete
    One of the most infotaining lenses ever. Thx
  • prosperity66 Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:38 am | delete
    "If they have no bread, let them eat cake!" wasn't indeed said by Marie-Antoinette but by Louis XVth daughter - don't remember which one - who didn't want to hurt people but sincerely thought peasants had cake on their table and shouldn't complain because there was a lack of bread. She was informed that peasants actually didn't even have cake ;)

    Great lens here!
    Congratulations on your LOTD, it's well deserved!
    Dom.
  • marymc Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:29 am | delete
    Excellent lens, very well done and informative. I'd have never known. Thanks for creating it.
  • nightcats Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:29 am | delete
    What a creative and fun lens. Well deserving of LOTD.
  • rms Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:25 am | delete
    Fun lens! Congrats on LotD!
  • kiwisoutback Apr 8, 2010 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    Outstanding lens! I've heard a lot of good things about Ed Wood, by the way. You've set the record straight about alot of these quotes... I have to admit, I thought they were the original quotes, especially that Dracula one.
  • BuckHawk Mar 24, 2010 @ 9:07 am | delete
    Great Lens! Just when I needed a pick-me-up, I found this lens. Thanks.
  • garyr_h Mar 11, 2010 @ 7:51 pm | delete
    Awesome! It's really funny how these things are handed down. I actually watched Tarzan recently and found it completely weird that he didn't say that.
  • AmitolaZander Feb 13, 2010 @ 1:04 am | delete
    Very interesting lens! It was a pleasure to read, brought me back in time.
    5***** - Great lens!
  • JSDaniel Feb 12, 2010 @ 2:19 pm | delete
    Cool lens!
  • Jack2205 Jan 30, 2010 @ 10:59 pm | delete
    It was interesting to learn more about those movie quotes and I like the Pet Peeves part.
  • vickis36 Jan 29, 2010 @ 6:15 pm | delete
    Thanks for setting us straight,we thought a lot of these were true :-) Great Lens
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Jan 16, 2010 @ 6:59 pm | delete
    You blew a hole in a lot of my assumptions. "...let them eat cake!" is a standard. I assumed it was true.
  • HorseAndPony Jan 4, 2010 @ 9:47 am | delete
    What a great idea for a lens. I love your Pet Peeves section.
  • Ladymermaid Dec 7, 2009 @ 8:27 am | delete
    I just stopped by to wish you, and those who surround you with love, a very merry holiday season. Many blessings in the New Year.

    My quote - "I suffer from foot in mouth disease. I take one foot out only to put the other one in."
    Ladymermaid
  • skiesgreen Nov 29, 2009 @ 2:30 am | delete
    This is a great topic and well researched. It is not something I would ever have thought of and yet it is very interesting. Well done 5* and fave
  • Ramkitten Oct 30, 2009 @ 2:07 am | delete
    Captain Kirk NEVER said, "Beam me up, Scotty"? Really??!! Huh. I feel so ... so ... lost. Well, anyhow, what an interesting lens!
  • Heath_Daniels Sep 27, 2009 @ 10:33 pm | delete
    Great lens! You've got a ton of interesting information here. Please feel free to stop by my lens and say hi when you get the chance.
  • heyniceaddress Sep 18, 2009 @ 8:40 am | delete
    This is a terrific idea: I knew a few of them, but was most impressed by the one on Marie Antoinette.
  • Twobit Sep 4, 2009 @ 9:59 pm | delete
    I enjoyed the read! 5*!!!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Aug 15, 2009 @ 11:10 am | delete
    Welcome to The Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
    Lizzy
  • good4us_all Jul 22, 2009 @ 4:04 am | delete
    Oh, yes! Misquotes are one of my pet peeves. Thanks for a fantastic lens - 5* favorite!
  • gemmagold Jul 10, 2009 @ 3:22 pm | delete
    Amusing, interesting and original. I ratedc it 5 stars and its on my favourites! thanks
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Jun 20, 2009 @ 7:31 am | delete
    Great 5 * lens. This is what Squidoo is all about. You did a lot of research and made it entertaining. Good for you I am a fan.

    BTW, you could include to quotes attributed to Al Gore. He never said he invented the internet and he never said that Love Story was written about Tipper and him.

    I haven't added anything in a long time to Margo' Ultimate Squidoo Library, but this one is going there as I don't want to lose it!
  • KimGiancaterino Jun 18, 2009 @ 11:16 am | delete
    This lens is featured on A Day of 100 Squid Angel Blessings.
  • ols Jun 12, 2009 @ 11:32 am | delete
    5* for a really good lens.
  • Suzie-Shine Jun 12, 2009 @ 11:08 am | delete
    Super fun lens, interesting as to how these wrong quotes come about.
    Suzie
  • California_Dreamin Jun 11, 2009 @ 1:39 am | delete
    That's a good one. This is not just a case of a word or two being changed, the whole sense of the quote has been misconstrued. When I hear this one I'm always reminded of Bugs Bunny playing the violin to soothe the Tasmanian Devil and other savage beasts. [in reply to Demaw]
  • Demaw Jun 10, 2009 @ 5:11 pm | delete
    How about "music soothes the savage beast" as a misquote of "music has charms to soothe a savage breast " etc. As you pointed out, there are many misquotes out there. 5* lens.
  • FunGifts4All Jun 2, 2009 @ 6:44 pm | delete
    Great job. Lots of good stuff.
  • CatJB Jun 2, 2009 @ 5:37 am | delete
    Wow, interesting lens, it makes great reading! Thanks for dropping by mine, too. :)
  • rane84 May 29, 2009 @ 11:11 am | delete
    Love it! Great info, fun and interesting!! 5*
  • JenOfChicago May 26, 2009 @ 3:38 pm | delete
    great lens, very fun!
  • Jbackus7 May 26, 2009 @ 11:29 am | delete
    Not much to say other than WOW!
    Some of these misquotes I would have never known were incorrect.
  • Screenwriting4me May 18, 2009 @ 9:55 pm | delete
    This killed me. Great lens. All this time I though Dracula did say "I want to drink your blood".
  • 24websurf May 16, 2009 @ 9:36 am | delete
    I love this lens. Great info!
  • fanfreluche May 15, 2009 @ 9:56 am | delete
    Fun and original lens! Interesting bit on the "beam me up scotty", I didn't even think it could in fact not be a real quote from the serie.
  • RolandTumble May 10, 2009 @ 3:43 pm | delete
    Great lens!

    Most people who misuse "I'm opinionated" really aren't misusing it--because they _are_ opinionated, even if it's not what they think they mean....
  • twelfthhouse May 7, 2009 @ 1:03 pm | delete
    Wow! Great lens. I really enjoyed it and, oddly, I also first read the title as mosquitos. Hmmm...
  • Susan52 May 4, 2009 @ 11:30 am | delete
    Very interesting, enjoyable, lens, nicely done! Interestingly, I first read the title as "Famous Mosquitos" and I couldn't imagine a mosquito being famous, except as the unofficial state bird in several southern states!
  • stargazer00 May 3, 2009 @ 10:51 am | delete
    Very nicely laid out lens.
  • tdove Apr 22, 2009 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory!
  • Stazjia Apr 13, 2009 @ 4:28 am | delete
    Fascinating and informative lens. 5*
  • greenthumb1984 Apr 13, 2009 @ 1:15 am | delete
    Great lense, good research on the misquote from Marie Antoinette, I always thought it was her that said that.
  • Cinetech Apr 12, 2009 @ 8:12 pm | delete
    Fascinating! I love your lens, rated!
  • tandemonimom Apr 12, 2009 @ 9:32 am | delete
    Love it! I love quotes and I love accuracy, so both in one lens is a gem! 5*****
  • Barkely Apr 11, 2009 @ 10:00 pm | delete
    Thanks for adding this lens to the Top Ten Group:-) I've enjoyed checking out your quotes, and misquotes.
  • k8company Apr 11, 2009 @ 2:08 pm | delete
    I love this lens! Beautifully written, and fascinating! Great work.
  • spirituality Apr 11, 2009 @ 10:14 am | delete
    Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
  • papawu Apr 10, 2009 @ 11:00 am | delete
    Just like in Japanese, a simple change in tone and inflection of a word can cause you to misconstrued. Changing an entire word within a sentence can change the entire aspect of the sentence. That's why its best to always listen to what a person is saying. I mean, exsqueeze me would not be the same as excuse me, now would it?.. :)

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