Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun

The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.

Barbara Pym

Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.

Ambrose Bierce

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Charles Buxton

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

Samuel Johnson

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

Martin Gardner

Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-and-Chips sign' have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?

Paul Eldridge

Authors hide their big thefts by putting small ones between quotation marks.

James Joyce

Quotation marks quotato marks! Bah!

William Safire

Avoid overuse of 'quotation “marks.”'

Joan Armatrading

Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet.

James Boswell

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

John Hope

I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours.

James Boswell

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

Khaleda Zia

Does any one know the number of illegal arms in the country?

Robert Anderson

I expect we will become more demanding as citizens.

Mangosuthu Buthelezi

I remain your servant and I will do as you ask of me.

Brian Koslow

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy.

Brian Koslow

During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively.

Klaus Kleinfeld

It comes down to the long-term stability of this corporation,

Ken Ham

We just can't get comfortable with the stability of the situation.

Bernard Laporte

Our success comes from stability.

Ben Howland

He's righted them with stability and direction. He's done an outstanding job.

Darcy Regier

A year ago we were just trying to survive. Now we have a sense of stability and direction.

Jean-Claude Juncker

We no longer have the pact from 1997; it was radically amended in 2005 and the Commission is applying this Stability Pact with wisdom and rationality.

Gene Robinson

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

Frances Newton

If you allow yourself to get bothered by the change, then you're not stable. But God is so stable, and if you keep yourself in Him, that stability is going to come off on you, too.

Valentino Rossi

For sure tomorrow will be difficult. We are still struggling with stability and grip.