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.

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

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

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

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.

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.

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.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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.