Communication Quote by Maria Konnikova

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

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

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

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

“[An example of misattribution:] If you don’t know the source of a quote, you can always make it sound better by attributing it to…

— Jakub Marian

I've been really upset sometimes when I've been misquoted. And it's the one thing they use in big print. Or it's taken out of…

— Daphne Guinness

With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.

— John McCarthy

I improve on misquotation.

— Cary Grant

“There were quotations that were openly and reverently emphasized as such, or that were half-hidden, completely hidden, half-conscious, unconscious, correct, intentionally distorted, unintentionally distorted,…

— Mikhail Bakthin

It's hard to misquote someone who doesn't say anything.

— Warren Beatty

Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.

— Hesketh Pearson

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

— Hesketh Pearson