Over 40,000 Famous Quotes Sorted By Topic and Author

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice President Dan Quayle Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. •Ambrose Bierce You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

I think we must.. quote whenver we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. •Jean Rostand I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to be quotable than to be honest. •Tom Stoppard Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. •Orson Welles Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.