A book that furnishes no quotations is no book — it is a plaything.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

Be careful — with quotations, you can damn anything.

That is the point of quotations. One can use another’s words to be insulting.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

He wrapped himself in quotations — as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. … The quotations, when engraved upon the memory, give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.