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What is the best way to track down the origin and grammar of this quote?

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00:00 What Is The Best Way To Track Down The Origin And Grammar Of This Quote?
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ANSWER 1

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Well, I googled "never judge walk mile shoes mile away have his shoes handey" and got this, which says the quote is

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes." – Jack Handey

My technique was to specify a subset of the quote that I thought had the words that most likely actually appeared in the original quote, along with the suspected correct attribution.




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Johnny Carson, "What I Have Learned," 1991: “Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he's upset, he's a mile away and you've got his shoes." Handey did start on SNL in 1991 but I don't know when/if he did this gag, which I've also seen attributed to Billy Connolly. I know about the Carson date because I was his head writer, 1988-92.