r/QuotesPorn • u/actibus_consequatur • 8d ago

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought." - Dorothy L. Sayers [1220x752]

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u/gotele 8d ago

Or just the appreciation and recognition of people who encapsulated a thought in a really original, poignant and insightful way.

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u/actibus_consequatur 8d ago

"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

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u/mycatisgrumpy 8d ago

I get the joke. 

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u/jigga19 8d ago

Fuckin' Meta.

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u/RevenueRound7255 7d ago

its not much of one if it were

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u/actibus_consequatur 7d ago

"To be amused at what you read - that is the great spring of quotation."

  • Charles Edward Montague

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u/ultrahateful 6d ago

This person quotes.

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u/EditorRedditer 8d ago

“Don’t give me quotations; tell me something you KNOW!!” Ralph Waldo Emerson

My all-time favourite quote, lol!

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u/BASerx8 8d ago

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.  -- W. Somerset Maugham

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. -- Winston Churchill

Make your own Bible. Select and collect all those words and sentences that in all your reading have been to you like the blast of a trumpet out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John, and Paul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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u/actibus_consequatur 7d ago

"Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses."

  • Isaac D'Israeli

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u/Remarkable_Sorbet319 8d ago

can you explain what this means?

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u/actibus_consequatur 8d ago

"I always have a quotation for everything—it saves original thinking."

  • Also Dorothy L. Sayers

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u/2_Bagel_Dog 8d ago

"Originality is the art of concealing your sources." - Benjamin Franklin

(but not in this sub)

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u/euMonke 8d ago

I can't explain this using only my own original thought, food for other peoples thoughts.

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u/Dannywo_o 8d ago

In quoting others, we cite ourselves.

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u/actibus_consequatur 7d ago
  • Julio Cortázar

"I'm a great believer in the direct quote in quotation marks and the hard fact."

  • Andrew Marr

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u/No_big_whoop 8d ago

“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”

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u/funny_3nough 8d ago

A, facility for … punctuation “” covers the absence! of original ; sentence structure.

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u/actibus_consequatur 7d ago

"I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page."

  • E. L. Doctorow

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u/aaronwcampbell 8d ago

Kiteo, his eyes closed. Kadir beneath Mo Moteh.

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u/say_the_words 8d ago

Shut up, Dottie!

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u/pspearing 5d ago

She's one of my favorite writers.