• We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.

    Clifton Fadiman: We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.
    Clifton Fadiman (1957). “Any Number Can Play”, Cleveland : World Publishing Company