I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
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.
Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.
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.
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. â¢George Bernard Shaw It is better to be quotable than to be honest. â¢Tom Stoppard Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. â¢Orson Welles Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.