Say what you want without saying it yourself: quote. Very useful, this, sometimes lovely, and versatile, too: big thoughts in small pieces,… — Willis Regier Bigs Copy Share Image
Flattery.... gets its kicks by flirting with insult and ridicule. — Willis Regier Flattery Copy Share Image
At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a… — Willis Regier Aggression Copy Share Image
Maria Edgeworth grumbled against vandals who ruined immortal works by quoting the life out of them. "How far our literature may in… — Willis Regier Favourite Copy Share Image
In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates. — Willis Regier Breaths Copy Share Image
Excellent flatterers welcome attentive audiences; mighty potentates enjoy public praise. In the most pleasing situation, a flatterer would genuinely admire the flatteree,… — Willis Regier Admire Copy Share Image
A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and… — Willis Regier Baths Copy Share Image
Care for yourself enough to listen carefully to what you say to yourself. — Willis Regier Care Copy Share Image
Great quotation collections glean the millennia, distill essences, and battle for bragging rights about who’s bigger, who’s smarter, who’s best. Who-knows-who-said-what has… — Willis Regier Battle Copy Share Image
Ralph Keyes calls quotation collectors "quotographers," the men and women who gather catchwords, watchwords, war words, winged words, maxims, mottos, sayings, and… — Willis Regier Book Copy Share Image
Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging shelves. — Willis Regier Bears Copy Share Image
Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself. — Willis Regier Flattery Copy Share Image
Quotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust. — Willis Regier Book Copy Share Image
If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too. — Willis Regier Able Copy Share Image
Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must… — Willis Regier Bible Copy Share Image