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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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
