A beautiful verse, an apt remark, or a well-turned phrase, appropriately quoted, is always effective and charming. – Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond du Deffand

A book of quotations… can never be complete. – Robert M. Hamilton

Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said. – Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, translated from Latin

Quotations cause all kinds of trouble. – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010