A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be…

My friends have come to me unsought. The great God gave them to me.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quotations can be valuable, like raisins in the rice pudding, for adding iron as well as eye appeal.

— Peg Bracken

A quotation in the right place at the right time is like water in a desert.

— Vikrant Parsai

Quotations cause all kinds of trouble.

— Willis Regier

“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

My toils in the quotation field have led me to formulate two or three laws about the way people use and abuse quotations. My…

— Nigel Rees

Below are some quotations along these lines. Select a quote for your Gothic Myspace layout or contribute one of your own.

— Laura Ramirez

“Perhaps the most powerful and appealing aspect of another's words, however, is simply their convenience. Whether distilled in the briefest apophthegm, or spread out…

— Jasper Siegel Seneschal

I took ethics classes in college, and it always amazes me how they [tabloids] will blatantly say something that I did not say, in…

— Carrie Underwood

“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I say quotations are literary. They are good only when dealing with ideas, not with experience. Experience should be pure, unique.

— Anais Nin

A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest…

— Jonathan Swift

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We are ruled by quotations.

— Susan Sontag

Here's what my love affair with quotations has taught me: the more you focus on words that uplift you, the more you embody the…

— Oprah Winfrey