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- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Self-Reliance
- Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
- Hesketh Pearson, Common Misquotations (1934), Introduction
- Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote. - Edward Young (1683 - 1765), Love of Fame (satire I, l. 89)
- 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 (1901 - 1992)
- He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
- Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
- Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.
- Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)
- I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?
- Jean Kerr
- That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another....
- Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), Charlie Brown
- You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), Speech on May 17, 2002
- A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
- Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955)
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