Famous Quotes about Quotations (70 Quotations)

He wrapped himself in quotations — as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I improve on misquotation.

I must claim the quoter's privilege of giving only as much of the text as will suit my purpose, said Tan-Chun. If I told you how it went on, I should end up by contradicting myself!

I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow.

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

I pick my favorite quotation and store them in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

In the dying world I come from quotation is a national vice. It used to be the classics, now it's lyric verse.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Life itself is a quotation.

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.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.