Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted. —Hesketh Pearson More about this quote Tags: accuracy quotations misquotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Hesketh Pearson Edward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson (20 February 1887 – 9 April 1964) was an English actor, theatre director and writer. He is known mainly for his biographies; they made him the leading British biographer of his time, in terms of commercial success.
More quotations from Hesketh Pearson Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely. —Hesketh Pearson More about this quote Tags: privilege reading learning pride quotation misquotation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely. —Hesketh Pearson More about this quote Tags: privilege reading learning pride quotation misquotation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “quotations” A book of quotations . . . can never be complete. —Robert M. Hamilton More about this quote Tags: quotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. —Groucho Marx More about this quote Tags: accuracy quotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. —Seneca More about this quote Tags: writing poetry good quotations citation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. —Marlene Dietrich More about this quote Tags: quotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: quotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A book of quotations . . . can never be complete. —Robert M. Hamilton More about this quote Tags: quotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. —Groucho Marx More about this quote Tags: accuracy quotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. —Seneca More about this quote Tags: writing poetry good quotations citation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. —Marlene Dietrich More about this quote Tags: quotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: quotations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email