"A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority."
(Brendan Francis)

"I hate quotations, tell me what you know."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffible idea I seek to express."
(Caldwell O'Keefe)

"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation."
(George Bernard Shaw)

"It is a good thing for the uneducated man to read books of quotations."
(Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965)

"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
(Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary)

"Quotation: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
(Ambrose Bierce)

"Quote me as saying I was misquoted."
(Groucho Marx)

"Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired."
(Richard Kemph)

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations."
(William Feather)