This Day in Quotes
The famous quotations and phrases linked to each day of the year
January 20, 2022
Origins of the term “brinkmanship” (aka “brinksmanship”)...
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I recently noticed a headline for an Associated Press story about North Korea that was interesting from a word and quotation history perspe...
January 13, 2022
“J’Accuse!” (“I Accuse!”)
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On January 13, 1898 , the front page of the French newspaper L’Aurore featured a scathing letter about the “Dreyfus Affair” written by pop...
January 07, 2022
“We don’t need no stinking badges” — origins, uses & variations…
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THE ORIGINAL 1948 MOVIE LINES: “Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don...
January 03, 2022
Dr. Mardy Grothe’s new GreatOpeningLines.com website
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On January 1, 2022, Dr. Mardy Grothe launched an amazing new online quotation website — GreatOpeningLines.com . As Grothe explains...
December 24, 2021
“Silent Night” – the origin and evolving words of the famous Christmas carol...
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In 1818, during the annual Christmas Midnight Mass at the St. Nicholas Church at Oberndorf, Austria, the song we know as “Silent Night! Ho...
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