In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.
George Eliot – Quotation, Ability
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
Samuel Johnson – Quotations
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Winston Churchill – Reading, Quotations
Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.
