After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.