Info
About this project
The age of information has brought with it a crisis of quote misattributions. Our great thinkers are being remembered for their eloquent lines that, in reality, never crossed their minds.
We are losing grasp of history; the more research I conduct, the more I find that our belief structures are built on cornerstones of sand. Stay sharp. Good luck and Godspeed.
This site started as a running log on my blog, the life and times of ellen.
Who runs it
Ellen Tomlins.
Submissions
Anyone can submit a misquote. Every submission is reviewed before it appears, and may be edited for length and clarity. If you leave a name, you’ll be credited on the entry.
For what counts as evidence and what each verdict means, see How I verify.
Privacy
Email addresses are optional and only used to follow up on a submission. They are never shown on the site or shared. To limit spam, the site keeps a scrambled (hashed) form of the submitter’s IP address, which can’t be turned back into the address. The site uses no tracking or ad cookies.
Quoting and sources
Entries quote only short passages and link to the original source wherever possible. If you hold the rights to something quoted here and want it changed or removed, get in touch.
Contact
For corrections, takedown requests or anything else: [contact email]