Quotations Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
A book that furnishes no quotations is, me judice, no book —it is a plaything.
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) English author
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) English prime minister
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman
Some, for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
Edward Young (1683-1765) English poet
One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people’s throats and one always secretes too much jelly.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British author
We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.
Clifton Fadiman (b. 1904) American critic
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Anatole France (1844-1924) French author
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
Tom Stoppard (b. 1937) British playwright
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Robert Benchley (1889-1945) American humorous writer
I often quote ,myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright, critic
By necessity,by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
Be sure you go to the author to get at HIS meaning, not to find yours.
John Ruskin (1819-1900) English critic
