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Point?

What is the point of this article, what is it about exactly, and where are the references--195.248.106.35 19:42, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

sorry, prevous comment was by me: --Rory 19:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC), i forgot to log in


Why is this a marketing related stub? It has nothing to do with marketing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.221.46 (talk) 17:15, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Origin of quote, excellent investigation

I found someone seems to have done the hard work here on Quote Investigator[1]:

The short version is:

In conclusion, by 1962 Abraham Kaplan had formulated a version of the saying featuring a boy that expressed the central idea. However, Kaplan did not use the important word “nail”. In 1963 Silvan Tomkins wrote a version with the word “nail”, but it differed from popular modern instances. In 1966 Abraham Maslow wrote a version that was similar to popular expressions circulating today.
  1. ^ "Quote Investigator".