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Quotation Quotes

Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the thrill of making an anthology includes the opportunity to become such a coauthor Picture Quote #1

The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them Picture Quote #1

It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman’s brain Picture Quote #1

To laugh often and much... this is to have succeeded. Probably not from Emerson: here’s the full quotation and the story Picture Quote #1

Hegel seems to me to be always wanting to say that things which look different are really the same. Whereas my interest is in showing that things which look the same are really different. I was thinking of using as a motto for my book a quotation from King Lear: 'I'll teach you differences'.... 'You'd be surprised' wouldn't be a bad motto either Picture Quote #1

Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know Picture Quote #1

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I want to rip off your logic and make passionate sense to you. I want to ride in the swing of your hips. My fingers will dig in you like quotation marks, blazing your limbs into parts of speech Picture Quote #1

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn't make any sense if quoted as it stands. The average man ought to be allowed a quotation of no less than three sentences, one to make his statement and two to explain what he meant. Ralph Waldo Emerson was about the only one who could stand having his utterances broken up into sentence quotations, and every once in a while even he doesn't sound so sensible in short snatches Picture Quote #1

In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice. No one would think of making an after - dinner speech without the help of poetry. It used to be the classics, now it's lyric verse Picture Quote #1

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors Picture Quote #1

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem Picture Quote #1

To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the same reason Picture Quote #1

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Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard Picture Quote #1

A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged Picture Quote #1

I’m a discursive thinker, so quotation has played an active role in the structure and content of my books from the beginning Picture Quote #1

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority Picture Quote #1

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool Picture Quote #1

When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word; I therefore extracted from philosophers principles of science; from historians remarkable facts; from chymists complete processes; from divines striking exhortations; and from poets beautiful descriptions Picture Quote #1

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The photograph is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb. Each of us mentally stocks hundreds of photographs, subject to instant recall Picture Quote #1

Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may make not only moles but warts in learned authors Picture Quote #1

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive Picture Quote #1

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was a house in quotation marks. On screen, the quotation marks tend to be blotted out by the camera Picture Quote #1

A good quotation is a very strong wind; it can change a man’s direction! Picture Quote #1

When the modern scholar cites from a classic text, the quotation seems to burn a hole in his own drab page Picture Quote #1

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You can always find an evolutionary quotation for anything. But the question is whether it’s functional, which is not the same as being evolutionary Picture Quote #1

The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c’est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual? Picture Quote #1

And we are quotation marks, inverted and upside down, clinging to one another at the end of this life sentence. Trapped by lives we did not choose Picture Quote #1

Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it Picture Quote #1

The power of quotation is as dreadful a weapon as any which the human intellect can forge Picture Quote #1

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool Picture Quote #1

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Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the thrill of making an anthology includes the opportunity to become such a coauthor (Quotation Quotes) The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them (Quotation Quotes) It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman’s brain (Quotation Quotes) To laugh often and much... this is to have succeeded. Probably not from Emerson: here’s the full quotation and the story (Quotation Quotes) Hegel seems to me to be always wanting to say that things which look different are really the same. Whereas my interest is in showing that things which look the same are really different. I was thinking of using as a motto for my book a quotation from King Lear: 'I'll teach you differences'.... 'You'd be surprised' wouldn't be a bad motto either (Quotation Quotes) Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know (Quotation Quotes) I want to rip off your logic and make passionate sense to you. I want to ride in the swing of your hips. My fingers will dig in you like quotation marks, blazing your limbs into parts of speech (Quotation Quotes) The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn't make any sense if quoted as it stands. The average man ought to be allowed a quotation of no less than three sentences, one to make his statement and two to explain what he meant. Ralph Waldo Emerson was about the only one who could stand having his utterances broken up into sentence quotations, and every once in a while even he doesn't sound so sensible in short snatches (Quotation Quotes) In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice. No one would think of making an after - dinner speech without the help of poetry. It used to be the classics, now it's lyric verse (Quotation Quotes) Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors (Quotation Quotes) The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem (Quotation Quotes) To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the same reason (Quotation Quotes) Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard (Quotation Quotes) A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged (Quotation Quotes) I’m a discursive thinker, so quotation has played an active role in the structure and content of my books from the beginning (Quotation Quotes) A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority (Quotation Quotes) A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool (Quotation Quotes) When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word; I therefore extracted from philosophers principles of science; from historians remarkable facts; from chymists complete processes; from divines striking exhortations; and from poets beautiful descriptions (Quotation Quotes) The photograph is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb. Each of us mentally stocks hundreds of photographs, subject to instant recall (Quotation Quotes) Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may make not only moles but warts in learned authors (Quotation Quotes) It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive (Quotation Quotes) In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was a house in quotation marks. On screen, the quotation marks tend to be blotted out by the camera (Quotation Quotes) A good quotation is a very strong wind; it can change a man’s direction! (Quotation Quotes) When the modern scholar cites from a classic text, the quotation seems to burn a hole in his own drab page (Quotation Quotes) You can always find an evolutionary quotation for anything. But the question is whether it’s functional, which is not the same as being evolutionary (Quotation Quotes) The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c’est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual? (Quotation Quotes) And we are quotation marks, inverted and upside down, clinging to one another at the end of this life sentence. Trapped by lives we did not choose (Quotation Quotes) Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it (Quotation Quotes) The power of quotation is as dreadful a weapon as any which the human intellect can forge (Quotation Quotes) A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool (Quotation Quotes)

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