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Quote Investigator (QI) is an American blog written by Gregory F. Sullivan under the pseudonym of Garson O'Toole (which he apparently prefers to be cited under for his quotation work).[1][2] O'Toole has also written Hemingway Didn't Say That, a book examining famous misquotations; it is based on work published at Quote Investigator.[3][4][5] He is also a major contributor to The Yale Book of Quotations.[6]
As his blog's name suggests, he uses it to document his investigations into the origins of various quotations.[7] QI contains over 1,300 such entries.[8] It can often be a useful source when examining or citing popular quotes in general that could be contentious, or even the true source of misattributed, banal truisms; though as we all know, the Internet never misquotes anyone.[citation NOT needed] Popular quote-aggregator sites like Goodreads or Brainyquote would never![5][9][10]
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- ↑ Niraj Chokshi (April 26, 2017). "That Wasn't Mark Twain: How a Misquotation Is Born". The New York Times. (Archived).
- ↑ Lucia Geng (June 22, 2018). "Ivanka Trump's Chinese proverb ahead of Singapore summit doesn't check out". Politifact.
- ↑ McKenzie Sadeghi (July 12, 2021). "Fact check: Conflicting reports surrounding purported Carl Sagan quote". USA Today.
- ↑ (April 26, 2017). "Granta's Best Young American Novelists, the Global Novel, and More". Poets & Writers.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harry Cheadle (April 3, 2017). "All Your Favorite Famous Quotations Are Fake". VICE News.
- ↑ Susan Gonzalez (August 18, 2021). "You can quote us: The New Yale Book of Quotations is on its way". YaleNews.
- ↑ Sharon Rickson (November 22, 2013). "How to Research a Quotation". New York Public Library.
- ↑ "Quotation Experts". Library of Congress.
- ↑ Lev Raphael (January 22, 2017). "Why Does Goodreads Tout Fake Quotes?". HuffPost.
- ↑ Rebecca Seales (November 13, 2017). "Let's save Maya Angelou from fake quotes". BBC News.