Bob Marley ‘I Wish We Were All Hippies’ Quote A viral Facebook quote has been attributed to Bob Marley since at least 2011, but there's no evidence Marley ever said he wished "we were all hippies."
Margaret Mead ‘Femur’ Quote Purported commentary on the first sign of civilization being a healed femur is routinely attributed to American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead.
Sigmund Freud: ‘ …I Ascribe to the Cocaine’ Quote A since-deleted tweet quoting Sigmund Freud on charisma he "ascribed to the cocaine" he took before a lecture circulated in screenshots.
‘I’ve Never Killed a Man, But I Have Read Some Obituaries with Great Pleasure’ Quote Origin Posts of a famous quote about schadenfreude were quickly followed by discussions around who actually uttered (or wrote) it.
Pete Buttigieg: ‘I Don’t Have a Problem Standing up to Somebody Who Was Working on Season Seven of Celebrity Apprentice When I Was Packing My Bags for Afghanistan’ As the 2020 election drew nearer, a quote meme circulated on social media that referenced Buttigieg's time in the military.
Did Trump Say That in 1917 a ‘Great Pandemic’ Ended World War II Because the Soldiers Were All Sick? Posts on Facebook and Imgur suggest that U.S. President Donald Trump offered up an interesting interpretation of the Second World War.
Did Trump Once Say He Had Known Jeffrey Epstein for Years and ‘He Likes Women … on the Younger Side’? A long-circulating meme quotes U.S. President Donald Trump as saying, "I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years ... he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."
Did Dr. Fauci Say “I Don’t Know How to Explain to You That You Should Care for Other People”? In mid-2020, the quote "I don't know how to explain to you you should care for other people" was attributed to Dr. Anthony Fauci, not its actual originator Lauren Morrill.
‘Justice Will Not Be Served’ Ben Franklin Quote After the officer-involved killing of George Floyd, a quote attributed to Ben Franklin about justice and the unaffected circulated.
Meme Comparing ‘Flattening the Curve’ of COVID-19 to Deploying a Parachute Goes Viral Thousands of people on social media shared a post comparing "flattening the curve" to using a parachute, against a backdrop of protests against the measures.
