--- title: "12 Plagiarists Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Plagiarists quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Plagiarists sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/zayed-khan-6889_designers_designers-are-plagiarists-1183417_1183417.jpg" --- > [Designers are plagiarists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zayed-khan/designers-are-plagiarists/) [Zayed Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zayed-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/zayed-khan-6889_designers_designers-are-plagiarists-1183417_1183417.jpg) > [Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/plagiarists-at-least-have-the-merit-of-preservation/) [Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/benjamin-disraeli-390_merit_plagiarists-at-least-have-the-merit-of-p_2005983.png) > [Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/plagiarists-are-always-suspicious-of-being-stolen-from/) [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_stolen_plagiarists-are-always-suspicious-of-bei_1796948.jpg) > [Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-peckinpah/why-should-i-give-you-an-interview-all-you-journalists-are-plagiarists/) [Sam Peckinpah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-peckinpah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/sam-peckinpah-33240_interview_why-should-i-give-you-an-interview-all-y_493558.jpg) > [In art there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-gauguin/in-art-there-are-only-two-types-of-people-revolutionaries-and/) [Paul Gauguin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-gauguin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/paul-gauguin-2667_art_in-art-there-are-only-two-types-of-peopl_1139547.png) > [Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from, as pickpockets are observed commonly to walk with their hands in their breeches' pockets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/plagiarists-are-always-suspicious-of-being-stolen-from-as-pickpockets/) [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/670/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_hands_plagiarists-are-always-suspicious-of-bei_329414.jpg) > [Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/most-plagiarists-like-the-drone-have-neither-taste-to-select-industry/) [Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/charles-caleb-colton-270_acquire_most-plagiarists-like-the-drone-have-nei_1928231.png) > [Books are not commodities, but the gilded age of treadmill publishing - to which Winfrey has contributed her demeaning sensibility - has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/books-are-not-commodities-but-the-gilded-age-of-treadmill-publishing/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/norah-vincent-3829_age_books-are-not-commodities-but-the-gilded_3019150.png) > [“What do you get when you cross an egomaniacal fairy godmother, an arrogant genie, and a couple of wandering plagiarists whose idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-serine/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-an-egomaniacal-fairy-godmother-an/) [Kate SeRine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-serine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/kate-serine-32165_fairy-godmother_what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-an-egoman_377253.jpg) > [“Lovers are the best and worst kind of thieves, you know. That’s the trick of love, you see. An entirely new invention,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-leblanc/lovers-are-the-best-and-worst-kind-of-thieves-you-know-that-s-the/) [Jeanette LeBlanc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-leblanc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/jeanette-leblanc-13086_falling-in-love_lovers-are-the-best-and-worst-kind-of-th_1156160.jpg) > [Others, again, give us the mere carcass of another man’s thoughts, but deprived of all their life and spirit, and this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/others-again-give-us-the-mere-carcass-of-another-man-s-thoughts-but/) [Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/charles-caleb-colton-270_acquire_others-again-give-us-the-mere-carcass-of_1113251.png) > [“Muslims must be warned that plagiarists and pretenders as well as ignorant imitators affect great mischief by debasing values, imposing upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas/muslims-must-be-warned-that-plagiarists-and-pretenders-as-well-as/) [Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas_adab_muslims-must-be-warned-that-plagiarists_1586653.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plagiarists/#itemlist", "name": "Plagiarists Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Designers are plagiarists.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zayed Khan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zayed-khan/designers-are-plagiarists/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/zayed-khan-6889_designers_designers-are-plagiarists-1183417_1183417.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/zayed-khan-6889_designers_designers-are-plagiarists-1183417_1183417.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/zayed-khan-6889_designers_designers-are-plagiarists-1183417_1183417.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Designers are plagiarists.” — Zayed Khan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Disraeli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/plagiarists-at-least-have-the-merit-of-preservation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/benjamin-disraeli-390_merit_plagiarists-at-least-have-the-merit-of-p_2005983.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/benjamin-disraeli-390_merit_plagiarists-at-least-have-the-merit-of-p_2005983.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/benjamin-disraeli-390_merit_plagiarists-at-least-have-the-merit-of-p_2005983.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.” — Benjamin Disraeli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Taylor Coleridge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/plagiarists-are-always-suspicious-of-being-stolen-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_stolen_plagiarists-are-always-suspicious-of-bei_1796948.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_stolen_plagiarists-are-always-suspicious-of-bei_1796948.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_stolen_plagiarists-are-always-suspicious-of-bei_1796948.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why should I give you an interview? 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to which Winfrey has contributed her demeaning sensibility - has made them so, thereby spawning harried plagiarists such as Stephen Ambrose and yellow journalists like David Brock.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Norah Vincent" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/books-are-not-commodities-but-the-gilded-age-of-treadmill-publishing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/norah-vincent-3829_age_books-are-not-commodities-but-the-gilded_3019150.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/norah-vincent-3829_age_books-are-not-commodities-but-the-gilded_3019150.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/norah-vincent-3829_age_books-are-not-commodities-but-the-gilded_3019150.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Books are not commodities, but the gilded age of treadmill publishing - to which Winfrey has contributed her…” — Norah Vincent", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What do you get when you cross an egomaniacal fairy godmother, an arrogant genie, and a couple of wandering plagiarists whose idea of cultural preservation is stealing the stories of unsuspecting villagers and passing them off as their own?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kate SeRine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-serine/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-an-egomaniacal-fairy-godmother-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/kate-serine-32165_fairy-godmother_what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-an-egoman_377253.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/kate-serine-32165_fairy-godmother_what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-an-egoman_377253.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/kate-serine-32165_fairy-godmother_what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-an-egoman_377253.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What do you get when you cross an egomaniacal fairy godmother, an arrogant genie, and a couple of wandering…” — Kate SeRine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Lovers are the best and worst kind of thieves, you know. That’s the trick of love, you see. An entirely new invention, every time. Rare and singular. Without prior context. Fools us into imagining we are the only ones in the history of every last forever to have ever known such a staggering sort of homecoming. The first to have tasted this opened-handed hope, to have surrendered that hope into such serendipitous grace. Love has us believing our own fairytales of never before and never again and now and now and only this right now. That in the entirety of this wide-open world nobody else has or will experience exactly this. Not quite like us. And we are, of course, entirely right and also wholly incorrect, all at once. Language becomes inadequate here, and thus love makes plagiarists of us all—we plunder the cosmos to pirate words and music, and images that come anywhere close to capturing the complexity of this ordinary/extraordinary reality.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeanette LeBlanc" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-leblanc/lovers-are-the-best-and-worst-kind-of-thieves-you-know-that-s-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/jeanette-leblanc-13086_falling-in-love_lovers-are-the-best-and-worst-kind-of-th_1156160.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/jeanette-leblanc-13086_falling-in-love_lovers-are-the-best-and-worst-kind-of-th_1156160.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/jeanette-leblanc-13086_falling-in-love_lovers-are-the-best-and-worst-kind-of-th_1156160.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lovers are the best and worst kind of thieves, you know. 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But most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, nor industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared from the hive.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Caleb Colton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/others-again-give-us-the-mere-carcass-of-another-man-s-thoughts-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/charles-caleb-colton-270_acquire_others-again-give-us-the-mere-carcass-of_1113251.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/charles-caleb-colton-270_acquire_others-again-give-us-the-mere-carcass-of_1113251.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/charles-caleb-colton-270_acquire_others-again-give-us-the-mere-carcass-of_1113251.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Others, again, give us the mere carcass of another man’s thoughts, but deprived of all their life and…” — Charles Caleb Colton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Muslims must be warned that plagiarists and pretenders as well as ignorant imitators affect great mischief by debasing values, imposing upon the ignorant, and encouraging the rise of mediocrity. The appropriate original ideas for hasty implementation and make false claims for themselves. Original ideas cannot be implemented when vulgarized; on the contrary, what is praiseworthy in them will turn out to become blameworthy, and their rejection will follow with the dissatisfaction that will emerge. So in this way authentic and creative intellectual effort will continually be sabotaged. 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