The part about Oscar Wilde reminds me of another story of attribution, relayed by Dr Jerry Pournelle: http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2view/view

The part about Oscar Wilde reminds me of another story of attribution, relayed by Dr Jerry Pournelle: http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2view/view246.html http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2view/view24... > Someone recently asked about the origin of the description of DC/X as "landing on a tail of fire the way God and Robert Heinlein intended rockets should land." > Although I've used that often, it's a case similar to the time when someone at dinner said something clever, Oscar Wilde said "I wish I'd said that," and someone else said "Don't worry, Oscar, by tomorrow you will have." The origin is Dr. Arlan Andrews... I would assume Oscar Wilde never said that either. :)