Although apocryphal, Sigmund Freud supposedly remarked, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” which was meant to suggest that cigars are not always phallic symbols.
More Penises Are Appearing On TV And In Film – But Why Are Nearly All Of Them Prosthetic?|LGBTQ-Editor|October 10, 2020|No Straight News
This, after a possibly apocryphal story about a man who had a knitting needle unceremoniously stabbed through his penis, preventing both his escape and his avoidance of appearing in a sex column 40 years later.
Sex Is Dead: Discuss|Eugene Robinson|August 10, 2020|Ozy
The quote is apocryphal, but that has not changed its significance for Army football players.
A West Point MVP Who Never Played a Down|Nicolaus Mills|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are plenty of examples of Christians editing Jewish apocryphal traditions for their own communities.
Jesus Christ, Baby Daddy?|Candida Moss|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of the quotes are mysteriously sourced, apocryphal, or misattributed.
Russell Brand’s Revolution For Morons|Michael Moynihan|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lovely stuff, but someone should tell the future congresswoman that every one of these quotes is apocryphal.
Fire the Crackpots of Congress! (And Replace Them with New Crackpots!)|Michael Moynihan|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As far as regards Demosthenes, I think we may fairly conclude that the story is apocryphal.
Notes & Queries,No. 31., Saturday, June 1, 1850|Various
Some of these are apocryphal, and not confirmed by the canonical scriptures of India.
The Christ|John Eleazer Remsburg
Daniel, on the other hand, in the apocryphal Haggada, gets his dinner miraculously from the Prophet Habakkuk.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel|F. W. Farrar
The fourteen letters of Seneca to Paul, which are printed in the old editions of Seneca, are apocryphal.
Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853|Various
The testimony of other apocryphal writings of early date might be adduced, but for the sake of brevity it is here omitted.