1942: Memorable Quotes - Revision history

Metalbreaksandbends: /* Explanation */ now incorrect

2026-02-22T10:34:01Z

‎Explanation: now incorrect

Wilh3lm: Added that one of these got quoted in Sam O'Nella's book

2026-02-21T03:13:46Z

Added that one of these got quoted in Sam O'Nella's book

FaviFake: /* Table of quotes */

2025-04-28T14:39:13Z

‎Table of quotes

Caralice: fix formatting

2025-03-22T08:11:53Z

fix formatting

172.71.186.5: /* Table of quotes */ Added links to websites that collected the quote about websites that collect quotes

2024-11-12T12:11:47Z

‎Table of quotes: Added links to websites that collected the quote about websites that collect quotes

162.158.38.217: Undo revision 341363 by GetPunnedOn (talk) No obvious editing reasons for these changes... Total accident/one-legged-cat-on-keyboard?

2024-05-05T15:35:33Z

Undo revision 341363 by GetPunnedOn (talk) No obvious editing reasons for these changes... Total accident/one-legged-cat-on-keyboard?

GetPunnedOn at 13:22, 5 May 2024

2024-05-05T13:22:31Z

172.70.126.84: /* Table of quotes */

2023-09-29T15:22:00Z

‎Table of quotes

Solomon: /* Table of quotes */ mention https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/859:_(

2022-11-25T16:00:07Z

‎Table of quotes: mention https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/859:_(

JLZ0kTC5 at 10:56, 23 October 2022

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 These self-aware quotes are, on a meta level, jokes about quotations generally. Most of Randall's quotes either sabotage the quoting work, reference some aspect of quotes as used in practice, or both---and it can be both when the aspects referenced are about twisting people's words to look like they agree with you.
-The title-text does not have an ending quote mark, so "- Randall Munroe" is part of the quote, and possibly everything in xkcd after that until the next ending quote. Note that the next quote mark in xkcd is in [[1946: Hawaii]].
+The title-text does not have an ending quote mark, so "- Randall Munroe" is part of the quote, and possibly everything in xkcd after that until the next ending quote.
 ===Quotes===

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 |''"I disagree strongly with whatever work this quote is attached to."''
-|Quotes are often used in, or on, publications and documents to add weight to them by making it seem like the person being quoted endorses their content or message. This quote would actively undermine the reputation of the work, unless said work advertises itself as a farce.
+|Quotes are often used in, or on, publications and documents to add weight to them by making it seem like the person being quoted endorses their content or message. This quote would actively undermine the reputation of the work, unless said work advertises itself as a farce. For example, it appears on the back cover of ''Still Lost'' by Sam O'Nella Academy's Sam Miller: [https://www.amazon.com/Still-Lost-Tales-Sam-Miller/dp/B0GNSRBQM6].
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 |''"This quote was taken out of context."''

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 The title-text does not have an ending quote mark, so "- Randall Munroe" is part of the quote, and possibly everything in xkcd after that until the next ending quote. Note that the next quote mark in xkcd is in [[1946: Hawaii]].
-==Table of quotes==
+===Quotes===
-{| border =1 width=100% cellpadding=5 class="wikitable"
+{| border =1 width=100% cellpadding=5 class="wikitable sortable"
 ! Quote !! Explanation
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 |This is the default email signature on an {{w|iPhone}}. Quoting this might lead the reader to think that you typed the preceding work on your phone, or that Randall sent the quote from his phone, and you lazily copied and pasted the wrong part of the message.
 |-
-|''"Since there's no ending quote mark, everything after this is part of my quote. —Randall Munroe
+|''"Since there's no ending quote mark, everything after this is part of my quote. —Randall Munroe''
 |First of all, let's just close that." Now that we have that out of the way, this quote appears in the title text. Randall Munroe is saying that because there's no ending quotation mark, the rest of the book this quote is in is part of Randall's quote, including, weirdly, the piece of text, after what should be the quote, specifying that Randall has also said his name.

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 |''"Websites that collect quotes are full of mistakes and never check original sources."''
-|Websites that collect quotes are infamous for not checking sources. This has been parodied in many ways. The implication would be that if you found this quote on such a website, there would be a good chance that it was inaccurate or misattributed.
+|Websites that collect quotes are infamous for not checking sources. This has been parodied in many ways. The implication would be that if you found this quote on such a website, there would be a good chance that it was inaccurate or misattributed. As a matter of fact, this quote can be found in several such websites like [https://www.quotes.net/quote/92341 Quotes.net], [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9046643-websites-that-collect-quotes-are-full-of-mistakes-and-never goodreads.com] or [https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/quotes/randall-munroe-websites-that-collect-quotes-are whatshouldireadnext.com].
 |-
 |''"This quote will be the only part of this presentation you remember."''

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 | titletext = "Since there's no ending quote mark, everything after this is part of my quote. &mdash;Randall Munroe
 }}
-−
 ==Explanation==
-"lThis comic "helpfully" provides random quotes to be used by anyone as {{w|blurb}}s, online reviews, motivational quotes or similar short bits of text. Either the {{w|webcomic}} [[xkcd]] or its creator [[Randall|Randall Munroe]]  may be quoted when using any of the provided lines, as stated at the top of the comic.
+This comic "helpfully" provides random quotes to be used by anyone as {{w|blurb}}s, online reviews, motivational quotes or similar short bits of text. Either the {{w|webcomic}} [[xkcd]] or its creator [[Randall|Randall Munroe]]  may be quoted when using any of the provided lines, as stated at the top of the comic.
 In particular, their "usefulness" lies in the fact that almost any of them are equally applicable to almost any situation. This is achieved by making each quote not really about anything in particular, aside from the fact that they are quotes. This is in contrast to typical quotes, which are never quite this aware that they will be quoted, but this is to be expected when the lines here were made solely for being quoted.

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 |''"Since there's no ending quote mark, everything after this is part of my quote. —Randall Munroe
-|First off." Now that we have that out of the way, this quote appears in the title text. Randall Munroe is saying that because there's no ending quotation mark, the rest of the book this quote is in is part of Randall's quote, including, weirdly, the piece of text, after what should be the quote, specifying that Randall has also said his name.
+|First of all, let's just close that." Now that we have that out of the way, this quote appears in the title text. Randall Munroe is saying that because there's no ending quotation mark, the rest of the book this quote is in is part of Randall's quote, including, weirdly, the piece of text, after what should be the quote, specifying that Randall has also said his name.
 This is roughly consistent with the formatting required to perform SQL injection referenced in [[327: Exploits of a Mom]]. Because it doesn’t have any punctuation before the first “, it wouldn’t actually perform an injection attack, instead causing an entire query to be part of a single string. This is also similar to [[859: (]], having an opening punctuation mark without the closing.

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 |''"This quote is very memorable."''
-|This is likely not the case; this quote itself is very forgettable, being very short, and containing no insight on anything meaningful. However, the irony is that this simple quote stating it’s memorableness may be enough to get it stuck in your head, making it a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. This quote could actually be useful if you were preparing a presentation on how to give presentations, and wanted to illustrate the misuse of quotes.
+|This is likely not the case; this quote itself is very forgettable, being very short, and containing no insight on anything meaningful. However, the irony is that this simple quote stating its memorableness may be enough to get it stuck in your head, making it a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. This quote could actually be useful if you were preparing a presentation on how to give presentations, and wanted to illustrate the misuse of quotes.
 |-
 |''"I wrote this book, and the person quoting me here is taking credit for it."''