Famous Quotes....that were never said?

Question

Here's a few 'quotes' from famous films and filmstars that were never actually said. They might surprise you:

1) Who can forget those immortal words, 'Play it again, Sam' by Humphrey Bogart in the film, Casablanca. Well it might not be a bad idea if you did, cos he never said it! What he actually said was, "If she can stand it, I can! Play it!

2) Does Dorothy wear ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz? Well the answer to this is yes and no. The original book by L Frank Baum stated that she wore silver slippers and during early filming she wore silver slippers but the MGM Studio chief realised that red would look much better in Technicolor and so the shoes were changed to red.

3) "Elementary my dear Watson". Believe it or not Sherlock Holmes never uttered those words in ANY of the 60 novels written about him. The first time these words appeared was in the film, "The return of Sherlock Holmes".

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Answer 1

Wow?

Answer 2

Other things never said:

1) George Washington never said, "I cannot tell a lie. I was chopping down the cherry tree."

2) Marie Antoinette never said, "Let them eat cake."

3) You never asked a question. This is Yahoo! Answers, not Yahoo! Post random factoids.

Answer 3

nelson never said kiss me hardy

Answer 4

james cagney never said you dirty rat

Answer 5

Confederate Cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forest, on strategy "get there  firstest with the mostest."

As evidenced by the number of victories he had, was wasn't a total idiot.  He was actually quite articulate and educated.

Answer 6

First of all, Nelson did say "Kiss me Hardy" they just weren't his last words as so many people make out. In fact, after asking for a kiss, Hardy duly obliged and kissed the dying admiral twice. After the first Nelson replied "no I am satisfied" after the second he asked "who is that?" Upon seeing that it was Hardy he replied "god bless you Hardy."

Nelson's last words came shorty after, he uttered the words "thank got I've done my duty" then shortly after came his actual final words "Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub." He lost consciousness not long after and was declared dead a short time later.

Another famous misquote seems to stem from true jealousy. We all know the saying "money is the root of all evil" don't we? Well, that's only half the saying and if you find the full quote it makes far more sense. The original saying come from the Bible, Timothy, 6:10, and the full saying goes "for the love of money is the root of all evil."

Another misquote, or so we've recently been lead to believe, comes from the first Apollo moon landings. Neil Armstrong is widely quoted as saying "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" Looking at it this way, the words man and mankind have always been interchangeable. It's now believed that is actual words were "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." One small letter dramatically changes the dynamic of the whole quote and gives it a slightly more coherent meaning. That said, people got it the first time round so there was no real need for it to be proven otherwise. Just interesting I suppose.

One for the English contingent. Micheal Caine is often parodied by impressionists and they all seem to claim that he says "not a lot of people know that" quite often. In fact, Micheal Caine has never uttered those words in a film and the origin of the quote and it's apparent relation to Caine himself seems to be something of a mystery.

Answer 7

I have 2 for you:

The famous quote by Yamamoto that "I fear we have awoken a sleeping giant" was also never said by him, rather it has been falsely attributed to him by the author of "tora! tora! tora!".

And "let them eat cake" supposedly by Marie Antoniette is more likely to have come from Mr. Rousseau... see below

Answer 8

Hmmm....

Interesting.

Answer 9

WOW!  This is REALLY interesting.  Thanks for the information.

Answer 10

And in the original Star Trek series, Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty." - he would say "Energize!" or "Two to beam up..."

but never those exact words...

The closest Kirk came to saying this was in the movie Star Trek IV, when he said "Scotty, beam me up."

Other common misquotes:

"Luke, I am your father..." from Empire Strikes Back (should be "No, I am your father")

"If you build it, they will come..." from Field of Dreams (should be "If you build it HE will come...")

"Just the facts, ma'am..." from "Dragnet" - should be "All we want are the facts, ma'am."