A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew

Quote by Joan Larsen

Topics: Quotations Quotes

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

You know that they will never be in love with you but you still unconsciously...

You know that they will never be in love with you but you still unconsciously...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

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

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

Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning....

Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning....

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully...

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully...

Seeing quotes and thinking, oh thank god im not the only one!

Seeing quotes and thinking, oh thank god im not the only one!

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...