ON QUOTATIONS
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
- Sir Winston Churchill
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
- Dorothy L. Sayers
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
- W. Somerset Maugham
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
- Rudyard Kipling
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote.
- Edward Young
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
- Seneca
The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
- Amanda Cross
Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.
- Hesketh Pearson
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
- Ambrose Bierce
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
- Robert Benchley
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
- Charles M. Schulz[Yeah, the bumper sticker is readable. – KKL]
A witty saying proves nothing.
- Voltaire
ON THE WISE AND OTHERWISE
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain ofthemselves, but wiser people so full of
doubts.
- Bertrand Russell
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
- Mark Twain
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
- Plato
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
- Baltasar Gracian
The greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
- Charles Caleb Colton
Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.
- Cullen Hightower
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage
-- to move in the opposite direction.
- E. F. Schumacher
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
- Sir Winston Churchill
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
- Dorothy L. Sayers
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
- W. Somerset Maugham
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
- Rudyard Kipling
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote.
- Edward Young
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
- Seneca
The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
- Amanda Cross
Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.
- Hesketh Pearson
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
- Ambrose Bierce
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
- Robert Benchley
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
- Charles M. Schulz[Yeah, the bumper sticker is readable. – KKL]
A witty saying proves nothing.
- Voltaire
ON THE WISE AND OTHERWISE
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain ofthemselves, but wiser people so full of
doubts.
- Bertrand Russell
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
- Mark Twain
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
- Plato
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
- Baltasar Gracian
The greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
- Charles Caleb Colton
Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.
- Cullen Hightower
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage
-- to move in the opposite direction.
- E. F. Schumacher