Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
- Abbott Lawrence LowellI improve on misquotation.
- Cary GrantLife itself is a quotation.
- Jorge Luis BorgesA witty saying proves nothing.
- VoltaireI didn`t really say everything I said.
- Yogi BerraA short saying oft contains much wisdom.
- Adrian MirandaIt is better to be quotable than to be honest.
- Tom StoppardIt is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
- AristotleFamous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
- Adrian JacksonBe careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything.
- Aage DýýnhauptI often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
- George Bernard ShawThe surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
- Robert BenchleyMisquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
- Abigail LaRosaA facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
- Dorothy L. SayersQuotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
- Ambrose BierceNow we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
- Orson WellesA thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.
- Addison MiznerWhat is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
- Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWhen a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
- Anatole FranceAn epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.
- Abbott Nathan ZodrowThe point of quotations is that one can use another`s words to be insulting.
- A.J. SmithEverything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.
- A.J. EllisonThe wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
- Benjamin DisraeliEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
- Samuel JohnsonHe wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
- Rudyard KiplingThe American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
- Dan QuayleA fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
- Adam DennisPeople will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
- Aaron VanceA quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
- Aaron KildowA quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.
- Adolfo GarciaThere is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.
- Adil AhmedI might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.
- Dorothy ParkerThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation`s proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
- Agin MuhammadI love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
- Marlene DietrichIf you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women`s names.
- Abby ArledgeMisquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
- Abigail LaRosaI have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether.
- A.J. EllisonIn the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall
- Bob DylanI love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself.
- Marlene DietrichWhen a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it
- Anatole FranceIt is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The quotations, when engraved upon the memory, give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.
- Winston ChurchillWhat a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
- Mark TwainHe wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors
- Rudyard KiplingOne must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
- Amos Bronson AlcottAfter all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
- Bill LovejoyQuotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life`s most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.
- Chriswell FreemanWhat`s the use of a good quotation if you can`t change it?
- Doctor WhoA fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
- Joseph RouxThe ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
- William Somerset Maugham"Babe Paley had only one flaw: she was perfect. Other than that, she was perfect"
- Barbara Cushing