Citing Quote by George Steiner

A quote is just a tattoo on the tongue.

— William F. DeVault

Quotation, like much better things, has its abuses. One may quote till one compiles. The ancient lawyers used to quote at the bar till…

— Isaac D'Israeli

Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must wade into.

— Willis Regier

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

— James Boswell

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter,…

— Louise Imogen Guiney

“Hiding behind the mask of a quotation, using someone else’s words to bolster our own softly blooming emotions.”

— Vicki Pettersson

Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable…

— Robertson Davies

Sorry I know its not a quote but when I saw this in the middle of R.E I was killing my self so bad.

— Anonymous

The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that…

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

In literary composition a well-chosen quotation lights up the page like a fine engraving...

— William Francis Henry King

All this is labour which never meets the eye.... But too open and generous a revelation of the chapter and the page of the…

— Isaac D'Israeli

The greatest tragedy for a good quotation is to be anonymous; and for the bad one, is to be known and famous!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan