Ancient Quote by James Boswell

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

— Guy Debord

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.

— Mark Twain

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

We sometimes think of quotations as extracts from larger texts, but some quotations originated complete unto themselves.

— Gary Saul Morson

There is indeed a strange prejudice against Quotation.

— James Boswell

The thing about quotes on the internet is that you can't confirm their validity.

— Abraham Lincoln

Quotation is a good thing, there is a community of thought in it.

— Samuel Johnson

We are ruled by quotations.

— Susan Sontag

“Quotes are empty and meaningless. It is how they are used that gives them purpose, how the person repeating those words gives them meaning.…

— Andy Clark

Quotations are feeble; you always regret making them.

— Dorothy Richardson

“A good quote is an excerpt of universal truth, in an otherwise speculative work.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

— Hesketh Pearson