Abuse Quote by Isaac D'Israeli

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

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

— Guy Debord

I think quotes are very dangerous things.

— Kate Bush

Quotations cause all kinds of trouble.

— Willis Regier

The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.

— Carolyn Gold Heilbrun

Quotations have always been supremely effective rhetorical devices, instruments of one-upmanship, ways of supporting any position under the sun with borrowed or stolen authority.

— Justin Kaplan

Quotations are feeble; you always regret making them.

— Dorothy Richardson

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I don't like quotes, I prefer quotations”

— Mark Hamilton

Using quotations was at first quite spontaneous for me, but then this use became strengthened through reflection. But originally this practice came out of…

— Susan Sontag

It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book.

— Vicesimus Knox

Words are such powerful things. We can rip somebody apart with them, we can write words down that can forever hurt another person. We…

— Joan Bauer