> > Jim Guinee wrote:
> > > I don't have a relevant comment, but it made me think of the latest
> > > quote in my signature block.
> > >
> > > "Why is it when we talk to God we're praying,
> > > but when he talks to us we're schizophrenic?"
> > > -Lily Tomlin
Mike Scoles commented:
>
> > I believe it was Szasz, not Tomlin!
Jim Guinee replied
> According to the "21st Century Dictionary of Quotations," edited by the
> Princeton Language Institute, it's Tomlin. But, I'm aware that quotes are
> commonly attributed to the wrong person.
And a voice said to me: "Take down the Oxford Dictionary of
Modern Quotations from your shelf". I obeyed. It said:
"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you
have schizophrenia. If the dead talk to you, you are a
spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic."
_The Second Sin (1973), "Schizophrenia", Thomas Szasz
My theory: Tomlin ripped Szasz off and made it her own. In some
circles we call this plagiarism.
-Stephen
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