Double entendre Quote by Mikhail Bakthin

“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

The greater part of our writers have become so original, that no one cares to imitate them: and those who never quote in return…

— Isaac D'Israeli

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

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

My readers, who may at first be apt to consider Quotation as downright pedantry, will be surprised when I assure them, that next to…

— James Boswell

Even the art of quoting is a conservative art most of the time, in order to propel the same ideas and the same self-congratulatory…

— Fady Joudah

“[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

There is indeed a strange prejudice against Quotation.

— James Boswell

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

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

The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely repeating yourself.

— Larry Wall

“I hate when people say "quote" when what they really mean is "quotation." How's that for a quote?”

— Anonymous