“Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.”
Kin Hubbard (1868–1930) cartoonist
As quoted in The Book of Unusual Quotations (1957) by Rudolf Franz Flesch, p. 47.
“In love, as in finance, only the rich can get credit.”
Dans un mois, dans un an (1957, Those Without Shadows, translated 1957)
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“Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive.”
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
As quoted in Seven Words to the Cross (1979) by Ellsworth Kalas, page 93
Context: Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.
“It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”
John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach
Robert L. Heilbroner book The Worldly Philosophers
Source: The Worldly Philosophers (1953), Chapter VIII, Thorstein Veblen, p. 224
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
This is attributed to Truman in some sources, but a similar saying is recorded as early as 1909 https://books.google.com/books?id=bidJAAAAIAAJ&dq=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&f=false. <br class="br">Misattributed
“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Reagan reportedly displayed a plaque with this proverbial aphorism on his Oval Office desk (Michael Reagan, The New Reagan Revolution (2010), p. 177). Harry S. Truman is reported to have repeated versions of the aphorism on several occasions. This exact wording was in wide circulation in the 1960s, and the earliest known variant has been attributed to Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893).
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Didier Sornette (1957) French scientist
Source: Why Stock Markets Crash - Critical Events in Complex Systems (2003), Chapter 2, Fundamentals Of Financial Markets, p. 38.
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Smooth Talking Stranger