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Wikiquote's List of Misquotations
by Trystan L. Bass
Thu, September 13, 2007, 3:00 am PDT
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Just the facts, ma'am. That's what this page lists. Except, as Wikipedians are quick to point out, Sergeant Friday never uttered this beloved quote on the old radio and TV show "Dragnet." The detective actually said "All we want are the facts, ma'am." Likewise, Scotty beamed plenty of people up to the Enterprise on the original "Star Trek" series, but not a soul actually blurted "Beam me up, Scotty." The requests ran more to the likes of "beam me aboard" or "beam us up home." It's not just TV and movie lines that we mangle, either. Social theorist Karl Marx never said "Religion is the opiate of the masses" and no matter how much Winston Churchill might have wanted to, he never declared that "The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy, and the lash." Finally, the next time someone asks you for ID and you want to be clever, don't reply with "We don't need no steenking badges!" because, of course, the real quote from "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" is much longer. It's faster to show your card and just pass through.

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Posted by razrbk23 | Thu, September 13, 2007, 5:47 am PDT

I thought "We don't need no stinking badges!" came from Blazing Saddles.

Posted by KENK10 | Thu, September 13, 2007, 7:56 am PDT

What about a similar line in Blazing Saddles, while Hedley LaMarr was recruiting his band of desperadoes.

"Badges, we dont need no stinking badges..."

Posted by vjfald | Thu, September 13, 2007, 10:11 am PDT

How about "money is the root of all evil"? Actually - Money leads to the root of evil. Or "Play it again, Sam" - Bogey, in Casablanca said, "Play it, Sam."

Posted by gbohnstedt | Thu, September 13, 2007, 2:07 pm PDT

Actually, "The love of money is the root of all evil." and "Play it, Sam. Play it again."

Posted by verbwank | Sat, September 15, 2007, 10:11 am PDT

Mae West never said, "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me.

Posted by verbwank | Sat, September 15, 2007, 8:47 pm PDT

General Sherman said, "War is cruelty and you cannot refine it."

Posted by troy3738 | Mon, September 17, 2007, 9:22 pm PDT

Mel Brooks " Blazing Saddles " quote " We Don't Need No Stinking Badges", was a partial quote from The Treasure of the Sierra Madres . Humphry Bogart , John Huston directing

The term gringos came from the Mexican Wars (1898-1900).
The American victors were singing ,while marching, "Green Grow the Violets" Since the Mexicans didn't understand English, the shortened it to gringos

Posted by rtah_2000 | Tue, September 18, 2007, 7:44 am PDT

Actually it is, "money is A root of evil." Many evils in the world so to quote it correctly it should read as quoted.

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