Apocryphal Quotes
8 quotes by 8 authors
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...the history of early-medieval Arabia is nearly all legend. Like Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and other founders of patriarchal religions, Mohammed lacks real verification. There is…
— Barbara G. Walker
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There is a story, no doubt apocryphal, that gamers at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, have many times replayed the 1942 Battle…
— Robert Cowley
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The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I…
— Linda Lavin
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There was never any point in my life when I wasn't called Mr. Donen. I'm told my first words were, 'Call me Mr. Donen.' But…
— Stanley Donen
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It may merely be apocryphal that when the Wizard saw the glass bottle he gasped, and clutched his heart. The story is told in so…
— Gregory Maguire
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In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch-Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica…
— Douglas Adams
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An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, long ago, who were very bored, and that instead…
— Daniel Handler
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal]
— Isaac Newton
Who Wrote These Apocryphal Quotes
8 authors contributed a total of 8 Apocryphal Quotes as follows: