I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express.
—Caldwell O'Keefe
I improve on misquotation.
—Cary Grant
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
—Dan Quayle
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
—David H. Comins
What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?
—Doctor Who
I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound—if I can remember any of the damn things.
—Dorothy Parker
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote.
—Edward Young
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
—Joseph Roux
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
—Mark Twain
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
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
—Seneca
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
—Groucho Marx
A book of quotations… can never be complete.
—Robert M. Hamilton