Ivanka Trump Tweets Non-Existent Chinese Proverb
Yesterday Ivanka Trump tweeted:
“Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it.” -Chinese Proverb
Of course, the Twitterverse immediately questioned if this was an actual Chinese proverb and wanted the source. Really, Twitter. Geez, can’t someone quote something uplifting and affirming without having to track down the source of every little quote?
In fact, some nerd went back and checked more quotes she tweeted in past years, including:
“I can see the future because I’m taller than everyone else.”
-Abraham Lincoln
“What came first, the chicken or the egg?”
-Charles Darwin
“Man cannot live on Molson Ale alone.”
-Gordie Howe, legendary hockey player
“I’ll be out in two weeks.”
-Martin Shkreli, from prison
“The world awaits a great storm from the North, a force that will make women shudder in their Nordic boots, available now from my online store.”
-Ivanka Trump
“Only great minds can fly to the nearest and farthest clouds alike.”
-Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
“Pomp, circumstance and puffery are the keys to profit.”
-Warren Buffet, Investor
“Trying is the new not trying.”
-Steve Jobs
“Hustle, hustle, twerk it, twerk it.”
– Gary Vaynerchuk
“Great minds discuss events, Alabama minds discuss football.”
-Bear Bryant
“Ask not what your dishwasher repairman can do for you, ask him if you can get a discount.”
-Nietzshe
“Four score and seven years ago, Chanandler Bong started his new airplane folding business.”
-Tesla
“Reach for the stars and pass the ketchup.”
-Gordon Ramsay
“The last train to success leaves at 5 in the morning. To be a success, get on that train and ride it until you get to Destination: Goal Achieved.”
-Wayne Gretzky
“Sometimes happiness walks around in a Jason mask, and it doesn’t have to be Halloween.”
-Wayne Dyer
“Life is like a salad. Setbacks are cherries that are no longer ripe and taste like the squishy insides of golf balls.”
-Arnold Palmer
“Successful relationships are like traveling on a road trip thorough a tunnel, and you look down and you are all out of beef jerky, and there is only a half bag of Doritos left.”
-Oprah
“Highly organized people get the most done. They run their lives like a guy pulling into an auto parts store. When something is broken, they fix it and move forward even faster.”
-Stephen Covey
So maybe they aren’t super-accurate quotes. Hey, I’ve seen some of these same quotes attributed to five different people in different quotes sites or books.
Leave Ivanka alone!
