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What quotes become inappropriate when mis-attributed?

  • 20-03-2016 2:32pm
    #1
    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭


    I'll start off:

    "To be the best you have to beat the best" - Chris Brown
    "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." - Adolf Hitler
    "A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart" - Steve Irwin
    "Nailed it" - Jesus Christ
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  • #2
    mattser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭mattser


    Ya Wha ?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    "They see me rollin', they hatin'"

    Prof. Stephen Hawking.


  • #4
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    Elemonator wrote: »
    I'll start off:

    "To be the best you have to beat the best" - Chris Brown
    "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." - Adolf Hitler
    "A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart" - Steve Irwin
    "Nailed it" - Jesus Christ

    Why not just post a link to Reddit where you saw these?


  • #5
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    So you are ripping off a reddit thread but don't even use thier top comments?

    What kind of ****poster are you?

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4b2m5a/which_quote_becomes_inappropriate_when/


  • #6
    The flying mouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭The flying mouse


    The Moldy Gowl wrote: »
    So you are ripping off a reddit thread but don't even use thier top comments?

    What kind of ****poster are you?

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4b2m5a/which_quote_becomes_inappropriate_when/

    Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken"- Col. Harland Sanders

    There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs --Stephen Hawking

    I like these,
    made them up myself :-)


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  • #7
    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Elemonator


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Why not just post a link to Reddit where you saw these?

    Because I want original ones of from an Irish audience. To get them rolling I included the Reddit ones. Problem?


  • #8
    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Elemonator


    The Moldy Gowl wrote: »
    So you are ripping off a reddit thread but don't even use thier top comments?

    What kind of ****poster are you?

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4b2m5a/which_quote_becomes_inappropriate_when/

    Big deal. Did anyone die? I think not. Get off your high horse.

    An example of your hypocrisy: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=93207503


  • #9
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    Bitch better have my money
    That hoe better have all my cash
    Bitch better have my money
    Or Ima plant my boot in her ass

    Often attributed to Pope John Paul II who was supposedly referring to Mother Theresa, it is in fact a little poem by none other than Willy Shakespeare.


  • #10
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Elemonator wrote: »
    Because I want original ones of from an Irish audience. To get them rolling I included the Reddit ones. Problem?

    "The difference between an homage and plagarism is whether you have the good grace to admit you were caught out" - Elemonator


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Elemonator wrote: »
    I'll start off:

    "To be the best you have to beat the best" - Chris Brown


    http://insidepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ric-flair.jpg


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  • #12
    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Elemonator


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    "The difference between an homage and plagarism is whether you have the good grace to admit you were caught out" - Elemonator

    In fairness, they haven't been defrauded. I get no personal gain out of it.


  • #13
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

    Marilyn Monroe.


  • #14
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,012 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    "Be the change you want to see in the world"
    - Adolf Hitler.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #15
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

    Bob Marley.


  • #16
    Thephantomsmask
    Registered Users Posts: 1,355 ✭✭✭Thephantomsmask


    If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs - Henry the VIII


  • #17
    longshanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    'Bitches ain't nothing but hoes and tricks'

    Germaine Greer.


  • #18
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    'If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best'

    Adolf Hitler.


  • #19
    Roger_007
    Registered Users Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    "If at first you don't suck seed, try, try, and try again"

    Polly the parrot.


  • #20
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    We've all lost someone we love. But we do it my way! We do it my way. Fear is our ally. The gasoline will be ours. Then you shall have your revenge.

    Michael D Higgins


  • #21
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    'It's a game of two halves'

    - Anon talking about a basketball match


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  • #22
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."

    - Salah Abdeslam.


  • #23
    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    ...either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to serve the poor and needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.

    -- Donald Trump
    Really Stephen Colbert.


  • #24
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Thephantomsmask wrote: »
    If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs - Henry the VIII

    'Zip up yer mickey!'

    - Catherine of Aragon


  • #25
    Kev_2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Kev_2012


    This


  • #26
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    'Well Holy God, Biddy!"

    - Richard Dawkins.


  • #27
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    'that's not a real gun'

    - Reeva Steenkamp


  • #28
    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    "That's not a knife. THIS is a knife."

    --Gordon Ramsay


  • #29
    MonkeyTennis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭MonkeyTennis


    Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

    --Garth Brooks


  • #30
    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

    --Marquis de Sade
    Eleanor Roosevelt.


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  • #31
    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    "I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!"

    --Jesus
    Charles M. Schultz


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