I'm a huge Uchtdorf fan (seriously, that man does not disappoint), and I, like everyone else watching, enjoyed when he quoted the well-known bumper sticker, "Don't judge me because I sin differently than you," in one of his talks. What I'm not a fan of is the way that LDS bloggers/tumblrs/pinteresters/facebookers/tweeters everywhere are now attributing that bumper sticker quote to Pres. Uchtdorf himself. Please, let's give credit where credit is due, and credit is due to an anonymous bumper sticker Pres. Uchtdorf saw on some beat-up old Chevy (OR A PRETTY LITTLE SOUPED UP FOUR WHEEL DRIVE) (never gets old).
That said, if people are willing to say that reading something is the same thing as coming up with it on one's own, let me offer some suggestions for quotes I wouldn't mind being incorrectly attributed to me:
1. "Monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win." -Paulina Lopez (not Stephen King)
2. "I tried to pay attention, but attention paid me." -Paulina Lopez (not Lil' Wayne)
3. "Regretaphor." -Paulina Lopez (not Todd Anderson)
4. "When I walk out of the shop, this is what I see/ Katniss Everdeen is a-lookin at me/ I got a loaf in my hand and I ain't afraid to throw it throw it throw it/ I'm Peeta and you know it." -Paulina Lopez (not from Pinterest)
5. "Rice is great when you're hungry and want 2,000 of something." -Paulina Lopez, (not Mitch Hedberg)
6. "It was enough for me this morning just to write; with Spring coming in through the open windows and my good Canadian quill in my hand, I could have copied out a directory. That is the real pleasure of writing." -Paulina Lopez (not A. A. Milne)
7. "I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I alway's think it's mine." - Paulina Lopez (not Albert Camus).
8. "Frisbee people won't let it go. My theory is that this is because there's a huge overlap between people who are good at frisbee and people who do Teach For America." - Paulina Lopez (not Mindy Kaling)
