Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

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.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

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.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

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.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

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.