Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most…

“with the exception of Chinese, even the languages that originated writing, and so made the earliest use of it, have dropped their original system,…

— Nicholas Ostler

Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.

— Ned Rorem

Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.

— T. S. Eliot

Borrowed wit is the poorest wit.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Is all literature eavesdropping, and all art Chinese imitation? our life a custom, and our body borrowed, like a beggar’s dinner, from a hundred…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some young people do not sufficiently understand the advantages of natural charms, and how much they would gain by trusting to them entirely. They…

— Jean de la Bruyere

There is a word Kristos in the Greek dictionary, and this word is supposed to be borrowed from the Sanskrit word "Krishna," and Christ…

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

I'm so sick of mermaid dresses, trains, borrowed bling-bling, and a pose.

— Andre Leon Talley

Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate…

— Warren Buffett

“I came to this world with nothing, and I leave with nothing but love, everything else is just borrowed.”

— The Streets

Any sizeable Portuguese town looks like a superstitious bride's finery - something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.

— Mary McCarthy

I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.

— Bear Bryant

The combination of such characters, some, as the sacral ones, altogether peculiar among Reptiles, others borrowed, as it were, from groups now distinct from…

— Richard Owen

The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I…

— John le Carre

I love awards, especially if I get them. It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business.…

— Ben Gazzara