Quote Genre: Quotations

Sir James Dewar – ‘Minds are like parachutes: t…

‘Minds are like parachutes: they only function when they are open.’

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Robert W. Shaunon – ‘Perhaps the reader may ask o…

‘Perhaps the reader may ask of what consequence is it whether the authors exact language is preserved or not provided we have his thought? The answer is that inaccurate quotation is a sin against truth. It may appear in any … Continue reading →

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca – ‘I shall never be ashamed of …

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

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Lord George Gordon Byron – ‘With just enough of learning…

‘With just enough of learning to misquote.’

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Gelett Burgess – ‘Ah yes I wrote the Purple Co…

‘Ah yes I wrote the Purple Cow Im sorry now I wrote it! But I can tell you anyhow Ill kill you if you quote it.’

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Dorothy L. Sayers – ‘A facility for quotation cov…

‘A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.’

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Jean Rostand – ‘Certain brief sentences are …

‘Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘QUOTATION n. The act of repe…

‘QUOTATION n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.’

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Robert Charles Benchley – ‘The surest way to make a mon…

‘The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.’

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Pierre Bayle – ‘There is not less wit nor le…

‘There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book than in being the first author of that thought. Cardinal du Perron has been heard to say that the happy application of … Continue reading →

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