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.
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A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
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.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather read more
Misquotation 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.
