Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know”?

According to a rumor that has circulated online for years, novelist Ernest Hemingway once wrote: “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” For example, on Nov. 12, 2025, a TikTok user shared the quote as part of a photo post showing a piano, accompanied by German-born British composer Max Richter’s famous piece, […]

Stephen Colbert Quote About United States Being ‘Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor’?

An alleged quote attributed to late night TV host Stephen Colbert circulated on social media in late July and early August 2025, purporting that the comedian made a cutting remark about the state of Christianity in the United States. The quote has been shared on social media for years, as evidenced by a post on […]

Eisenhower said ‘Every gun that is made’ signifies ‘a theft from those who hunger and are not fed’?

In mid-June 2025, a rumour circulated on Facebook claiming former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” For example, Robert Reich, […]