Enlargement Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Quote' is a verb; 'quotation', a noun. Lazy tongues attached to empty minds have taken the distinction from us. Before we lament, let us…

— D.F. Downing

The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single saying.

— John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

I'm a discursive thinker, so quotation has played an active role in the structure and content of my books from the beginning.

— Masha Tupitsyn

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

— Gary Saul Morson

The more fluent the experience of reading a quote - or the easier it is to grasp, the smoother it sounds, the more readily…

— Maria Konnikova

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

Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them.

— Gary Saul Morson

Quotations cause all kinds of trouble.

— Willis Regier

A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline - sharp, clear, whole.

— Ayn Rand

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

When I decided to stop using quotation marks, it presented technical challenges: you have to conceive of dialogue differently and structure it differently for…

— Catherine Brady

“Never say "quotes" when you mean "quotations.”

— G. Anthony Harvey