Sample Articles from Past Issues
Of The “Quote...
Unquote ” Newsletter
The Vagueness is All – the problem
of slippery attributions examined and Rees’s First Law of
Quotations introduced
Quote Thievery – a trick of the quotation publishing trade exposed
The Differently-Sized Person
Sings – musings and insights on the origins and evolution of a
popular modern proverb
Black Sheep – the true source of
the most famous parliamentary jibe of recent years
End of the Trail – the meaning and
relevance of the inscription on G.K. Chesterton’s gravestone
Share Your Quote with A Friend –
Marilyn Monroe’s perspective on money woes
The King of Terrors – words of
comfort... ‘Death is nothing at all...I have only slipped away to
the next room....’
Slipping the Surly Bonds... – a
happy coincidence of the right quotation for the right occasion
My Quotation and I – an
outstanding choice of quotation in a head of state’s speech
Tatoo Raider – researching a revealing quotation
An Inconvenient Quotation – The Misattributing Something to Mark Twain Award
Obama & Bob the Builder – Subliminal sourcing?
Huckleberry Friend – The right person
Copyright © 2012 Nigel Rees
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