I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

Ever day someone somewhere in the world is quoting me.

Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.

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.

When we can't think for ourselves, we can always quote

When I compliment you, I compliment myself, because I am who I associate with.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

This may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about.. when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.

Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.

...they do quote me, that means that my words and my sentences get under their skins although they do no know it.

I always grow poetic when I am lying to myself.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

"[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business."

(<i>The Record Lie</i>)

Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot