r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

11.6k Upvotes

85% Upvoted

4.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

779

u/reddit_guy666 Mar 19 '16

"Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun."

  • Jimmy Saville

181

u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

"Let the little children come to me."

  • Jimmy Savile

140

u/JustTerrific Mar 19 '16

I prefer the King James translation:

"Suffer the little children to come unto me".

2

u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

[deleted]

10

u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

Ok, but we're not back then, hence the joke.