The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
—Mark Twain
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
—Hesketh Pearson
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
—Saki
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
—Groucho Marx
The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.
—Patrick Young