Writing Quote by Wilson Mizner

Taking things from one source is plagiarism; taking things from several sources is research.

— John McPhee

“if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.”

— Wilson Mizner

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from many, it's research.

— Anonymous

“Wilson Mizner said if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.”

— Austin Kleon

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.

— Wilson Mizner

“If you steal from one person, that's plagiarism… If you steal from a lot of people, that's research.”

— George R.R. Martin

Plagiarism is one of the great academic sins. It has the power to destroy a scholar or writer and turn a lifetime's work to…

— Miranda Devine

PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Knowledge is powerful" "Mind is a terrible thing to waste" Copying someone's work is considered plagiarism but copying so many peoples works is considered…

— Beta Metani' Marashi

While I am not a journalist, I have, myself, written more than one thing that has been plagiarized in the past.

— Ben Domenech

Copy from one, It's plagerism. Copy from two, It's research

— Toni Watson

It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing.

— Kenneth Goldsmith