All Gary Saul Morson Quotes
- Not everything that can be extracted appears in anthologies of quotations, in commonplace books, or on the back of Celestial Seasonings boxes. Only certain sorts… Anthologies
- Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them. Born
- Anatole France frankly advised, "When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it." Yes, indeed, but do… Advised
- A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom. Centuries
- Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble "found" art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally interesting enough to be… Analogous
- I wonder if "an" ever occurs before "haughty" except in a quotation, or whether you can make anything sound like a quotation by adding a… Adding
- The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them. Attribution
- Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the… Anthology
- An anthology of quotations is a museum of utterances. Anthology
- People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have long been fascinated… Appreciate
- We sometimes think of quotations as extracts from larger texts, but some quotations originated complete unto themselves. Complete