Citations Quote by Pierre Bayle

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

Be wary of people who use quotes... I don't know who said that.

— Murdoc Niccals

“To me, quotes function as the sunscreen against a writers brilliance. As soon as I cannot stand to look at the magnificence of the…

— Martijn Benders

Quotations are powerful tools. Michel de Montaigne, the father of all essayists, observed, 'I quote others only to better express myself.' Intrepid quotations detective…

— Richard Lederer

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

Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable…

— Robertson Davies

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

We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some…

— Ihab Hassan

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

— Guy Debord

“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

I think the effective use of quotation is an important point in the art of writing. Given sparingly, quotations serve admirably as a climax…

— George Eliot

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