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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. --German Proverb
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool. --Joseph Roux
A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch. --Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. --Miguel de Saavedra Cervantes
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished. --The Talmud
An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly. --E.P. Whipple
Be careful--with quotations, you can damn anything. --Andre Malraux
By neccessity, by proclivity, - and by delight, we all quote. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. --Dr Samuel Johnson
He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. --Rudyard Kipling
I didn't say that I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear. --George Romney
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. --Marlene Dietrich
I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things. --Dorothy Parker
I not only use all the brains I have but all that I can borrow. --Woodrow Wilson
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. --Oscar Wilde
Nothing is said that has not been said before. --Terence
Our best thoughts come from others. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come. --W. Gates
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting. --Amanda Cross
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. --Benjamin Disraeli
These curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellows as I am put them down. --John Aubrey
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. --Alexander Smith
What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it? --Doctor Who
Words that enlighten are more precious than jewels. --Hazrat Inayat Khan
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world. --Gilbert K. Chesterton
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
You'd think there were ENOUGH quotes, already...
