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I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences read more
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. •Jean Rostand I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily read more
He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.