Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Ralph Waldo Emerson
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. George Eliot
Collecting quotations is an insidious, even embarrassing habit, like ragpicking or hoarding rocks or trying on other people's laundry. I got into it originally while trying to break an addiction to candy. I kicked candy and now seem to be stuck with quotations, which are attacking my brain instead of my teeth. Robert Byrne
Some of us use quotations when we ourselves have nothing of substance to say or when we simply have too much free time. Some of us use quotations to lend gravitas to our own thoughts, which may be weak and derivative by themselves. Ipse Dixit
As a hobby, collecting quotations is a delightful past time, searching for all those great minds that agree with us. As an educational tool it is less that efficacious. Heinrich Kittenkabutl
Could we make one point clear? Do we use quotations as expressions of thoughts more artfully expressed by others, or as authorities to lend weight to our own thoughts? Just so we know!