Emerson Ralph Waldo 1803-1882
Every man is a borrower and a mimic; life is theatrical and literature a quotation.
Johnson Samuel 1709-1784
A Dictionary of the English Language
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
Churchill Sir Winston 1874-1965
My Early Life
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Emerson Ralph Waldo 1803-1882
I hate quotations.
Frank Lawrence K.
Don't quote me; that's what you heard, not what I said.
Montaigne Michel de 1533-1592
I quote others in order to better express my own self.
Shaw George Bernard 1856-1950
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Wellington Duke of 1769-1852
(advice to a new MP)
Don't quote Latin; say what you have to say, and then sit down.
Young Edward 1683-1765
The Love of Fame
Some for renown on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote.