Not everything that can be extracted appears in anthologies of quotations, in commonplace books, or on the back of Celestial Seasonings boxes. Only certain sorts of extracts become quotations.

An anthology of quotations is a museum of utterances.

Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them.

We sometimes think of quotations as extracts from larger texts, but some quotations originated complete unto themselves.

A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom.

The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them.

I wonder if "an" ever occurs before "haughty" except in a quotation, or whether you can make anything sound like a quotation by adding a word like "goeth"?

I waited for so long To let you know What I feel For you You’re my endless dream ……..I know it feels So good To be by your side Till the end of time You’re my endless love………….

I worked with him in a way where there was no need to align. We felt and the feeling was simple but complex. It was the intensity in our grasp and when it was done, it was done.

Do you ever plan to grow up, Veltan?” he asked.“Not if I can avoid it, no.

There are few virtues which the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

Your Honour, unless your Honour, without a moment's loss of time, makes sail for the nearest shore, this is a doomed ship, and her name is the Coffin!

There is not a situation in life where there isn't a hymn and a Scripture to meet the need. I'm thankful for the Word of God, and I praise Him for the privilege of still being able to memorize.

It's the ropes and the reins, and the joy and the pain. And they call the thing rodeo.

Spontaneous love admits errors, hesitations and human failings. It can be tested and repaired.

You just see your hands, your ice axe, and your crampons...and they have to just move.