False attributions are the bane of legitimate discourse.

“However many attributes that you can see of yourself at the moment, they are not yours, they are false attributions, they are 'cultured' (developed).…

— Dada Bhagwan

Attribution is power.

— Jeff Rich

For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one's own contingent self, cannot exist where there is no…

— Thomas Merton

The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said…

— Gary Saul Morson

I am arguing that climate models are not fit for the purpose of detection and attribution of climate change on decadal to multidecadal timescales.

— Judith Curry

Oh, nice one, honey. Yes. Clever. That's becoming quite a familiar quotation in its own right, isn't it? Maybe I should just add it…

— John Bartlett

“There's a big difference on being wise and being crafty. The former is the attribute of God, and the latter is that of Satan.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it is described…

— Rick Falkvinge

“The funny part of being funny is when you start seeing your fans writing funny words and attributing them to you.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

But I would like to think for a moment about a man who in the morning teaches his students that a false attribution of…

— George Steiner

“Can you think of a better way than slavishly copying and removing attribution to disrespect an author”

— Kalyan C. Kankanala

“The doer is someone else, yet to say, 'I am doing it,' is a false attribution; due to which one earns the next life.…

— Dada Bhagwan

Clearly, I regret the email was quoted incorrectly and I regret that it's become a distraction from the story, which still entirely stands. I…

— Jonathan Karl

Unlike scandal-monger Ed Klein’s fantastical No. 1 best-selling narrative about the supposed Blood Feud between the Clintons and the Obamas, Halper’s study is juicy…

— Lloyd Grove

First click attribution is akin to giving my first girlfriend 100% of the credit for me marrying my wife.

— Avinash Kaushik