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The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice read more
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice President Dan Quayle Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. •Ambrose Bierce You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the read more
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to read more
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to be quotable than to be honest. •Tom Stoppard Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. •Orson Welles Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the read more
Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter, and a blessing to a public grown superficial and external.
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.