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Who crafted the saying below: Ann Richards? Bob Thaves? Ronald Reagan? Faith Whittlesey? Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, only she did it backwards and in high heels quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/26/dan…

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Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it himself Who crafted the quip above: A. H. Weiler? Earl Wilson? Mitch Miller? Anonymous? quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/23/imp…

I love the folks at Quote Investigator! Two years ago I asked who it was who said “No labour-saving device ever saved anyone a moment’s labour” (I remembered a polysci prof had claimed it was JS Mill). Now they have a thorough history of the phrase, which nobody precisely uttered

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Of course, Franklin also said, "Fact check first. Then engrave in granite."

Wonderful article by Albuquerque Journal reporter Algernon D’Ammassa which includes comments from the Quote Investigator: This university mural features a Ben Franklin quote he never said abqjournal.com/news/article_f…

Your request from March 2023 about a quotation concerning labor-saving devices inspired the creation of two QI articles. Thanks @DougSaunders Saying Origin: Labor-Saving Devices Don’t Save Labor. They Increase It quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/20/sav… quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/21/mac…

Which prominent political economist wrote the following in 1848? It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/21/mac…

Which thinkers have expressed this provocative idea? Labor-saving devices don't save labor. They increase it quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/20/sav…

Which prominent SF editor wrote this? Most SF can predict the car, some SF can predict the drive-in theater, but SF that can predict the changes in teen-age sexual behavior as a result of the drive-in is vanishingly rare quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/19/sf-…

Did transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson say the following? Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke up the unused path quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/16/fri…

The backlash against AI systems has been growing, but a provocative commentator wrote the following. Who was it? If you wish to achieve some kind of intellectual immortality, writing for the AIs is probably your best chance quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/13/ai-…

Did Dorothy Parker craft this quip? Quote Origin: If all the attendees at the prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/11/end…

Your discussion and inquiry from August 2023 inspired the creation of a Quote Investigator article. Thanks! @pasuther @plunn8 @mcbride_bryce Economics is the only field in which two people can get a Nobel Prize for saying exactly the opposite thing quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/08/eco…

Which two economists inspired the following joke? Economics is the only field in which two people can get a Nobel Prize for saying exactly the opposite thing quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/08/eco…

Did Winston Churchill coin the following popular saying? Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; it is also what it takes to sit down and listen quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/06/cou…

How old is the following joke? A committee is a gathering of important people who, singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done. quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/03/com…

Always love @QuoteResearch post. The LLMs still screw up quote research more often than not. Long live Quote Investigator!

Your inquiry dated Nov 11, 2013, about an adage attributed to Robert Frost inspired the creation of a Quote Investigator article. Thanks! @StephenFrug The only way out is through quoteinvestigator.com/2025/06/30/way…