Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 3)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

New thread.

[Allen]

Hey, so this quote: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/22116...

Is a misattribution to Confucius, it never even appeared in Chinese. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Confuciu...

So it should be changed to Unknown I think.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No. Quotes from Unknown get deleted.

[Banjomike]

Allen wrote: "Hey, so this quote: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/22116...

Is a misattribution to Confucius, it never even appeared in Chinese. http://en.wikiquote.org/..."

Yay, first fix of the new thread.

Several versions combined and now attributed to Atwood H. Townsend.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/22116...

[Dimitri]

Could a kind librarian please remove this for me it was a wrong copy : http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/69689...

Thanks.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Gone.

[Banjomike]

I notice that two of the top quotes have been given to Mark Twain.

Previously "H. Jackson Brown Jr."
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2340-...

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you ..."

and previously "Maya Angelou"
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5934-...

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Anyone know why? Both of these quotes were, as far I know, in the category of 'Twain didn't say' it especially the first one. Wikiquote, Twainquotes, and Quote Investigator don't give it to Twain. Twainquotes says "the attribution cannot be verified. The quote should not be regarded as authentic". QI can't find it in print before 1990 (H. Jackson Brown Jr.)

I looked at the second one some months ago because I didn't believe the Maya Angelou atribution but it did seem to be correct or at least as correct as many of these quotes. Wikiquote agrees with the Maya atribution.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I looked into it, and both have been restored.

[Stephen]

Can a super add the tag paradox to this quote? It is a good example of a paradox but has over the 500 like limit.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/22264...

[Banjomike]

Stephen wrote: "Can a super add the tag paradox to this quote? It is a good example of a paradox but has over the 500 like limit.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/22264......"

done

[♥ Rebecca ♥]

Typo in the first line.

"I am sorry that I hurt you. I don't have the words to tell you how sorry I am about that"...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/46098...


Another typo.

"No, I dont party; no, I don't dress in black leather and chains; that's not my style. That's how I was raised. I worry about getting good grades and I go to church and I watch sci-fi movies and I generally follow the rules. Most people would call me a geek or a nerd. You've called me that many times. But that isn't everything that defines me. I mean, look at me, sitting here in a rainstorm under a tree that's probably going to kill us when the lightning hits it, holding the hand of a pretty cool girl who really is the opposite of me, a girl that I happen to be in love with. A girl I couldn't have imagined would want to be with me. But here she is, letting me hold her hand, trying to tell me why she isn't good enough for me. That's crazy."

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62286...

[Banjomike]

done

[E.M.]

Can you please delete all quotes by me?

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote...

My browser had issues while I tried inputting some, and they're not formatted very well. I would like to re-enter them, the right way, with the book properly linked.

[Banjomike]

Emily wrote: "Can you please delete all quotes by me?

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote...

My browser had issues while I tried inputting some, and they're not formatted very well. I would like to re-enter them, the right way, with the book properly linked. "

The first one has been liked by a member (in August) so that one will have to stay. You can post your corrections here and we will fix it. The other two are gone because no one had added them (and they were oddly formatted).

[E.M.]

Okay, actually that one is the least problematic of the group. It's from a blogpost, so I'm not sure if there is any changes you'd need to make to the format. The others I'll redo. Thank you so much!

[♥ Rebecca ♥]

Obviously this isnt formatted how it was in the book, but I cant find the quote to give you the exact cuz I read a hardcopy. But can fix the names. Obviously, it wasnt Syn talking to himself.

Okay, I’ll drop the subject. But if you ever do that to me again, I’ll stab you in the penis, which I’m sure will hurt. (Vik)
Yeah, it would. (Syn)
Good. Now I’m powering down for a bit to conserve my power. (Vik)

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/27775...

[Banjomike]

Rebecca ♥ Ash, Kishan, Aiden ♥ wrote: "Obviously this isnt formatted how it was in the book, but I cant find the quote to give you the exact cuz I read a hardcopy. But can fix the names. Obviously, it wasnt Syn talking to himself.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/27775..."

Reformatted from ebook.

[♥ Rebecca ♥]

Banjomike wrote: "Rebecca ♥ Ash, Kishan, Aiden ♥ wrote: "Obviously this isnt formatted how it was in the book, but I cant find the quote to give you the exact cuz I read a hardcopy. But can fix the names. Obviously,..."

This isnt right. Vik is the robot, not Syn.

[Banjomike]

Rebecca ♥ Ash, Kishan, Aiden ♥ wrote: "This isnt right. Vik is the robot, not Syn."

I misread the previous sentence in the book:

Those words made him ache. “I am really sorry, Vik. If I’d known how much it would hurt you, I swear I wouldn’t have done it.”

“Okay, I’ll drop the subject. But if you ever do that to me again, I’ll stab you in the penis, which I’m sure will hurt.”

“Yeah, it would.”

“Good. Now I’m powering down for a bit to conserve my power.”

How is it now?

[Simon]

Can you please remove this quote by Einstein or provide a citation.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/57119...

Quote investigator has done a lot of leg work on this and only found miss-attribution or a quote by a psychic.
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/05/...

[Banjomike]

Simon wrote: "Can you please remove this quote by Einstein or provide a citation.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/57119...

Quote investigator has done a lot of ..."

Nice one. Attributed to Darryl Anka.

This is him:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Stephen]

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21723...

Please correct the spelling of the quote tag "Euphemism" on this quote

[Banjomike]

Stephen wrote: "http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21723...

Please correct the spelling of the quote tag "Euphemism" on this quote"

Done.

[♥ Rebecca ♥]

Banjomike wrote: "Rebecca ♥ Ash, Kishan, Aiden ♥ wrote: "This isnt right. Vik is the robot, not Syn."

I misread the previous sentence in the book:

Those words made him ache. “I am really sorry, Vik. If I’d known h..."

Good, thanks.

[Alex]

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/70116...

Edit:
Quote is from The Epic of Gilgamesh and attributed to Anonymous. From N.K. Sandars' translation.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Fixed 25.

[Carrie]

Could someone please help me? Copying and pasting from my ebook left the formatting a little wonky. I'd like to have the space after "with" eliminated. :) Thank you!

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/70372...

[Banjomike]

Carrie wrote: "Could someone please help me? Copying and pasting from my ebook left the formatting a little wonky. I'd like to have the space after "with" eliminated. :) Thank you!

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/70372..."

done

[Carrie]

Banjomike wrote: done

Thank you! I appreciate it.

[Michael]

Could a Super please add this book: The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics: as a source to this quote: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/42035...

The present attribution of the quote to Paul McCartney is correct.

[lafon حمزة]

Done.

[Fey]

This quote by C S Lewis is not in fact actually by him:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10682...
Although often incorrectly attributed to him, its very popular and has 19,137 likes!

The origins of this quote is actually from Walter M. Miller Jr. which is this one:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/47630...

Heres a little article on the topic if you want more to back it up than just my say-so:
http://thurman.org.uk/thomas/body.html

[Michael]

lafon حمزة wrote: "Done."

Thanks

[Banjomike]

Sath wrote: "This quote by C S Lewis is not in fact actually by him:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10682...
Although often incorrectly attributed to him, its very popular and has 19,137 likes!

The origins of this quote is actually from Walter M. Miller Jr"

Done. I took the formatting from my ebook version. It makes the reading easier.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10682...

[Michael]

Could a Super please add Meditations as the source book for the top four quotes of author Marcus Aurelius:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote...

[Banjomike]

Michael wrote: "Could a Super please add Meditations as the source book for the top four quotes of author Marcus Aurelius:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote..."

Done.

[Jay]

Can a Super-librarian remove the comma at the end of this quote?

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14511...

[Vicky]

Jay wrote: "Can a Super-librarian remove the comma at the end of this quote?

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14511..."

Fixed

[Michael]

Banjomike wrote: "Michael wrote: "Could a Super please add Meditations as the source book for the top four quotes of author Marcus Aurelius:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote..."

Done."

Thanks

[Jay]

Vicky wrote: "Jay wrote: "Can a Super-librarian remove the comma at the end of this quote?

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14511..."

Fixed"

Thank you.

[lavinia]

Can someone please translate this quote here? http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... I doubt she said it in German, and even more, I'm not ever sure she did say it.

[Banjomike]

Lavinia wrote: "Can someone please translate this quote here? http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... I doubt she said it in German, and even more, I'm not ever sure she did say it."

Google translates is as:
"Anyone who makes a plan today for tomorrow, tomorrow may be limited to the possibilities of today"

The original version could be:
"The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options" which does seem to be by Sheryl Sandberg.

[Heather]

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/48227...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Gone.

[Heather]

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/31691...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/32922...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

poof!

[Elizabeth]

Hi there!

I'm afraid I made a few mistakes while I was adding quotes from my books. I would really appreciate if someone was able to edit my silly errors.

First Quote - http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/59792... - I said that the quote was taken from the book "The Collector," it isn't. Could you possibly change the book to "Cranberry Blood?"

And the second quote - http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/70490... - I pasted the page number in like a fool. Could you possibly remove the number "37" for me?

Thank you in advance!

[Banjomike]

Elizabeth wrote: "First Quote - http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/59792... - I said that the quote was taken from the book "The Collector," it isn't. Could you possibly change the book to "Cranberry Blood?"

And the second quote - http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/70490... - I pasted the page number in like a fool. Could you possibly remove the number "37" for me?"

done

[Elizabeth]

Thank you! :-)

[Lindsay]

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/33302...

This quote is commonly misattributed to Galileo, but is in fact from a poem by Sarah Williams.

Edit: There are actually multiple entries of the same quote on the Galileo quote page.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/36090...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30394...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/57056...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/49471...