Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.
Where these words come from
- 82% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Bernard Baruch's remembered retort, recorded in Bennett Cerf's Shake Well Before Using (1948). NOT the longer 'Be who you are...' version falsely credited to Dr. Seuss, which has no Seuss citation
- Shake Well Before Using (Bennett Cerf)
- 1948 · United States · Baruch's remembered retort to a society columnist, recorded in Cerf's anecdote collection
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Judy Garland
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