Some of the most famous lines in history were never really said. Here’s a list of quotes you probably got wrong. Sources: The Internet Movie Database, tvtropes.org.
Wrong: “Luke, I am your father.”
Right: “No! I am your father!”
Wrong: “Beam me up, Scotty.”
Right: “Scotty, beam me up.”
Wrong: “Money is the root of all evil.”
Right: “The love of money is the root of all evil” or “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.”
Wrong: “Mirror, mirror on the wall.”
Right: “Magic mirror on the wall.”
Wrong: “Houston, we have a problem.”
Right: “Okay, Houston, we have a problem here.”
Wrong: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”
Right: “If there’s more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way.”
Wrong: “Everyone gets 15 minutes of fame.”
Right: “In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes.”
Wrong: “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.”
Right: “I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
Wrong: Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson” in the original Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle.
