Quoting Quotes
81 quotes by 79 authors
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Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never…
— Jennifer Weiner
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George Smiley: [quoting an old letter from Bill Haydon about Jim Prideaux] He has that heavy quiet that commands. He's my other half. Between us…
— John le Carre
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The longest way round is the shortest way home. (Quoting Alexander MacLaren, The Wearied Christ and Other Sermons)
— C.S. Lewis
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I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of the writers he loves, but it's always nice,…
— J D Salinger
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In quoting others, we cite ourselves.
— Julio Cortazar
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Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.
— Scott Westerfeld
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quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. And other thoughts besides mine, and other ways of thinking.
— Gregory Maguire
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Lawful good to lawful evil!" said Simon, pleased. "He's quoting Dungeons and Dragons," said Clary. "Ignore him.
— Cassandra Clare
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I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of…
— Tucker Max
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Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people……..
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Oh, I can't help quoting you, because everything that you said rings true.
— Steven Morrissey
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Quoting her mother: The trouble with a book is you never know what's in it until it's too late!
— Jeanette Winterson
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Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.
— John Green
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Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage)
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys. No, quoting Nietzsche…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about…
— Daniel Handler
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Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to live or die, the work is…
— Stephen Levine
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we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to…
— Michael Pollan
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If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point…
— Jon Krakauer
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You cheated!†He looked at her, wide-eyed with feigned outrage. “I beg your pardon. If you were a man, I would call you out for…
— Sarah MacLean
Who Wrote These Quoting Quotes
79 authors contributed a total of 81 Quoting Quotes, led by these top contributors: