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Aldous Huxley
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
Alexander Smith Dreamthorp
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I hope for.
Ambroce Bierce
Aphorism, n.: Predigested wisdom.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Quotation, n.: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
Anatole France
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Anonymous
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
Author Unknown
Epigrams succeed where epics fail.
Barbara Pym Crampton Hodnet
Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.
Benjamin Disraeli
Proverbs were bright shafts in the Greek and Latin quivers.
Benjamin Disraeli
The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceive who can see nothing more in a quotation than an extract.
Benjamin Disraeli
All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who can condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character, or illustrates an existence.
Benjamin Franklin, Preface, Poor Richard Improved, wording verified by Respectfully Quoted
I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his Works respectfully quoted by other learned Authors.
Bergen Evens
Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning ... and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
Bobbi Fillmore
And yes the reason I love quotes--it gets us back to the way life used to be and should be... and we must be reminded as life is becoming very stressful, very busy, families are no longer what they used to be and I love to be reminded to slow down and smell the roses think about where you are going and what you are doing. They truly give life perspective.
Christopher N. Bovee in Peter's Quotations by Peter
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
Chriswell Freeman
Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life's most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.
Dave Barry, Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn
There is a very fine line between hobby and mental illness.
David H. Comins
People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
Diogenes quoted by William Safire in New York Times Magazine
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.
Dorothy Parker
I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damned things.
 
 
 
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