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Quotations by Subject: Quotations
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Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.: Amanda Cross (1926 - )
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.: Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
Be careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything.: Andre Malraux (1901 - 1976)
Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.: Anonymous
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.: Brendan Francis
To be amused by what you read--that is the great spring of happy quotations.: C. E. Montague, "A Writer's Notes on His Trade"
I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express.: Caldwell O'Keefe
I improve on misquotation.: Cary Grant (1904 - 1986)
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.: Dan Quayle (1947 - )
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.: David H. Comins
What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?: Doctor Who
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.: Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957), Lord Peter Wimsey in "Gaudy Night"
I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.: Edward Young (1683 - 1765), Love of Fame (satire I, l. 89)
An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.: Edwin P. Whipple
If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names.: Elaine Gill
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), on Shakespeare
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.: Hesketh Pearson, Common Misquotations (1934), Introduction
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.: Hesketh Pearson
Life itself is a quotation.: Jorge Luis Borges (1899 - 1986)
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.: Joseph Roux
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Notebooks (1935)
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.: Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)

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