Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must wade into. – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010
And in spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), Daniel Deronda (Book II, Meeting Streams), 1876
The proverbs of a nation furnish the index to its spirit and the results of its civilization. – Timothy Titcomb (J.G. Holland), “An Exordial Essay,” Gold-foil: Hammered from Po
I am invariably late for appointments – sometimes as much as two hours. Ive tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing. – Marilyn Monroe
When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? Im trying to determine whos leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one. – Tim Reid
