Category: Quotations Quotes SMS
Quotations Quotes SMS
I love quotes because good are vitamins
I love quotes because good quotes are vitamins for the brain! ~Patrick Driessen
For i often please myself with the
For I often please myself with the fancy, now that I may have saved from…
A verse may find him whom a
A verse may find him whom a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice……
This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons
This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas; And utters it again when God doth…
A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles
A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb, quoted in Curiosities in Proverbs:…
Though many a gatherer has carried his
…though many a gatherer has carried his basket through these diamond districts of the mind……
The attribution of a speaker is in
The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements…
Quotations will tell the full measure of
Quotations will tell the full measure of meaning, if you have enough of them. ~James…
When you see yourself quoted in print
When you see yourself quoted in print and you’re sorry you said it, it suddenly…
A proverb is an exploding atom of
A proverb is an exploding atom of wisdom. ~Gaston Kabor
Its amazing how much funny stuff there
It’s amazing how much funny stuff there is…. [A] river of rich comedic milk is…
Misquotation is in fact the pride and
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never…
Most of the noted literary men have
Most of the noted literary men have indulged in the prudent habit of selecting favorite…
General observations drawn from particulars are the
General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a…
The common sayings of the multitude are
The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
Such do not always understand the authors
Such do not always understand the authors whose names adorn their barren pages, and which…
For i am proverbed with a grandsire
For I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase… ~William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
At all events the next best thing
At all events, the next best thing to being witty one’s self, is to be…
Quotations are the backbone of much literature
Quotations are the backbone of much of literature, and of the transmission of art and…
Books of quotation are not only importance
Books of quotation are not only of importance to the reader for what they contain…
A good maxim is never out of
A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
Whatever we think and say is wonderfully
Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another…
To the editor author and public speaker
To the editor, the author, and the public speaker, it is believed that a great…
I suppose every old scholar has had
I suppose every old scholar has had the experience of reading something in a book…
Nevertheless a maxim does not necessarily become
Nevertheless, a maxim does not necessarily become a proverb. Many grubs never grow to butterflies;…
A true quotation cannot be divorced from
A true quotation cannot be divorced from the character who uttered or scribbled it; it…
Learning is often spoken of as if
Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all…
Quotations cause all kinds of trouble willis
Quotations cause all kinds of trouble. ~Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010TPV, UWP, p.37
Fine phrases i value more than bank notes
Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than…
A man groundly learned already may take
A man, groundly learned already, may take much profit himself in using by epitome to…
When a man thinks happily he finds
When a man thinks happily, he finds no foot-track in the field he traverses. All…
Someone who can write aphorisms should not
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time writing essays. ~Karl Kraus,…
It is the little writer rather than
It is the little writer rather than the great writer who seems never to quote,…
Dont quote your proverb till you bring
Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
Most of those who make collections verse
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries…
If you dont quote yourself nobody else
If you don’t quote yourself, nobody else will. And you can quote me on that….
Is all literature eavesdropping and art chinese
Is all literature eavesdropping, and all art Chinese imitation? our life a custom, and our…
Im discovering that everybody is a closet
Terri, I’m discovering that everybody is a closet quotesmith. Just give them a chance. www.robertbrault.com/2009/05/more-thoughts-on-art-and-artists.html#comments~Robert…
I have heard that nothing gives an
I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his…
The aphorism is cultivated only by those
The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of…
Books are the beehives of thought laconics
Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them. ~James Ellis, quoted…
Antiquities or remnants of history are as
Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons,…
Many are the sayings of elia scattered
Many are the sayings of Elia… scattered about in obscure periodicals and forgotten miscellanies. From…
And as hearbes and trees are bettered
And as hearbes and trees are bettered and fortified by being transplanted, so formes of…
Wise sayings are the light towers along journey
Wise sayings are the light-towers along the journey of life. ~Attributed to Johnson in Sayings:…
A garbled quotation is equivalent to a
A garbled quotation is equivalent to a betrayal, an insult, a prejudice. ~E.M. CioranAnathemas and…
Unless created as freestanding works quotations resemble
Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble “found” art. They are analogous, say, to a…
In phrases as brief a breath worldly
In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates. ~Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010TPV,…
An anthology of quotations is a museum
An anthology of quotations is a museum of utterances. ~Gary Saul Morson, The Words of…
To such as these we offer with
To such as these we offer, with some confidence, and with no little sympathy, our…
It is a pleasure to be able
It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion… ~Abraham…
An epigram is a gag thats played
An epigram is a gag that’s played Carnegie Hall. ~Oscar Levantquoteinvestigator.com/2010/12/30/epigram-is-a-wisecrack (Thanks, Garson O’Toole of…
As by some might be saide of
As by some might be saide of me: that here I have but gathered a…
One has to secrete a jelly in
One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people’s throats
I wonder if an ever occurs before
I wonder if “an” ever occurs before “haughty” except in a quotation, or whether you…
My readers who may at first be
My readers, who may at first be apt to consider Quotation as downright pedantry, will…
Maria edgeworth grumbled against vandals who ruined
Maria Edgeworth grumbled against vandals who ruined immortal works by quoting the life out of…
Who knows but that all the men
Who knows but that all the men to whom reference has been made, and a…
Nor must you find fault with me
Nor must you find fault with me if I often give you what I have…
The hunter for aphorisms on human nature
The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he…
It should be a pleasure to the
It should be a pleasure to the appreciative reader, while recognizing their beauty, to cull…
It has been said that death ends
It has been said that death ends all things. This is a mistake. It does…
When i hear or read a good
[W]hen I hear or read a good line I can hardly wait to tell it…
We sometimes think of quotations as extracts
We sometimes think of quotations as extracts from larger texts, but some quotations originated complete…
It is perfectly delightful to take advantage
It is perfectly delightful to take advantage of the conscientious labors of those who go…
Collections of gnomes adages sayings and parables
Collections of gnomes, adages, sayings, and parables have been made from times immemorial in all…
In such a case the writer is
In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in…
Oh to say something so fine memorable
Oh, to say something so fine, so memorable, that it carries across time, oceans, and…
A good conversationalist is not one who
A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone…
I here present thee with a hive
I here present thee with a hive of bees, laden some with wax, and some…
One mans wit and all mens wisdom
One man’s wit, and all men’s wisdom. ~John Russell, definition of a proverbin conversation, cited…
Quotologists encounter happy surprises bright books by
Quotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust. ~Willis Goth…
The proper proportions of a maxim minimum
The proper proportions of a maxim: a minimum of sound to a maximum of sense….
Others again give us the mere carcass
Others, again, give us the mere carcass of another man’s thoughts, but deprived of all…
Whoever reads only to transcribe or quote
Whoever reads only to transcribe or quote shining remarks without entering into the genius and…
There is a homely directness about these
There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable…
You may get a large amount of
You may get a large amount of truth into a brief space. ~Attributed to Beecher…
The best aphorisms are portable wisdom the
The best aphorisms are…. portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish…
Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes
Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the…
The proverbs of a nation furnish the
The proverbs of a nation furnish the index to its spirit and the results of…
A single gnomic line can come to
A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom. ~Gary Saul…
To me novels are just quotations with
To me, novels are just quotations with a bunch of filler. ~Terri Guillemets
And in spite of his practical ability
And in spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims…
Whatever is felicitously expressed risks being worse
Whatever is felicitously expressed risks being worse expressed: it is a wretched taste to be…
Why lift aphorisms from a novel at
Why lift aphorisms from a novel at all? [Geoffrey] Bennington speculates that one’s chief motivation…
Say what you want without saying it
Say what you want without saying it yourself: quote. Very useful, this, sometimes lovely, and…
We are as much informed of a
We are as much informed of a writer’s genius by what he selects as by…
Aphorism n predigested wisdom the flabby
APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields…