"Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it."

"The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him."

"When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it."

"Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language."

"I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'"

"It is better to be quotable than to be honest."

"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."

"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make."

"There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought."

"I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express."