Quotations Quote by Hesketh Pearson Download Open image “Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.” — Hesketh Pearson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Quotations
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 Copy Share Image
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
To mis-quote is the very foundation of original style. The success of most writers is almost entirely due to continuous and courageous abuse of… — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a conscience. Without… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes of modern… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
An author should be delighted, not annoyed when he hears himself persistently misquoted. He could receive no higher compliment. It proves that the world… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters are idiots. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which had not been obvious… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of crushing blows… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Do you believe in God? Perhaps you aren't old enough. The reason old people believe in God is because they've given up believing in… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Quotations can be valuable, like raisins in the rice pudding, for adding iron as well as eye appeal. — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience....A Journey With My Girl — Luckybannu Copy Share Image
You're trying too HARD to convince me that you're a TRUE friend & DEEP Down Inside you know you're not but you stick around… — Ta'Nisha Marie Copy Share Image
That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good part of… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
Don't get anger, force yourself, complain others, waste time, thing much, compare yourself, except, sad, silent, stop thinking. — Jayanthi AJ Copy Share Image
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A Beautiful Saying Do Not Wish For Less Problems, Always Wish For More Skills. — Vinesh Copy Share Image
Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep… — Bible Copy Share Image
“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
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