Apocryphal Quotes

8 quotes by 8 authors

• ...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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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:

• 1 Apocryphal Quote by Barbara G. Walker
• 1 Apocryphal Quote by Robert Cowley
• 1 Apocryphal Quote by Linda Lavin
• 1 Apocryphal Quote by Stanley Donen
• 1 Apocryphal Quote by Gregory Maguire
• 1 Apocryphal Quote by Douglas Adams
• 1 Apocryphal Quote by Daniel Handler
• 1 Apocryphal Quote by Isaac Newton