Following my article "Proverbs - Some Favourites", I will this time focus on quotes.
What is Quoting?
If we discuss writing, you are quoting when you use a phrase or a piece of someone else's writing in you own text. A quote is normally placed between quotation marks (") and should always be properly attributed.
I have previously promised to present some - in my opinion - good quotes, so here we go.
My Selection
Robert Silverberg, born 1935, is a well-known author mainly of science fiction.
“Know this and know it well: time is never wasted. Wherever we go, whatever we do, everything is an aspect of education. Even when we don't immediately grasp the lesson.”
(Robert Silverberg)
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish playwright and critic, who received the Noble Prize in literature in 1925. His influence on Western theatre was massive.
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
(George Bernard Shaw)
Walter Lippman, 1889-1974, American writer and commentator. He is known for the concept of the "cold war", a term he was one of the first to use.
“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.”
(Walter Lippman)
Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari "Tales of the Riverside Middle Counselor", is a compilation of texts by different authors.
“If you looked a little more below the surface of things you would not mind so much what other people thought about you.”
(Tsutsumi chunagon monogatari, 12th century Japan)
Hans Bermann, 1922-2003, was a German author and scholar. The Stone and the Flute, from which the following two quotations are taken, came 1983. It is a peculiar, complex and fascinating fantasy novel.
'Life is crazy,' said the other mouse, 'and I like it that way. If you haven't happened to notice, why, you're missing the best of it all.'
(Hans Bemmann, The Stone and the Flute)
“A hard life? He will learn more of the beauty of life than most, for that's a thing you generally learn only if you don't shut yourself off from whatever seems strange to you.”
(Hans Bemmann, The Stone and the Flute)
Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, was an eccentric musician, composer and - sort of - philosopher.
“Without deviation progress is not possible.”
(Frank Zappa)
Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, was one of the most important philosophers in Western history. Posthumously appropriated by Hitler, his reputation became ruined and his thoughts sadly neglected. However, judging Nietzsche as a Nazi is grotesque, had he lived in Nazi Germany, he would likely had been confined to a concentration camp. Anyone associating him with Nazism just shows that they have not understood his philosophy.
“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
Bertrand Russel, 1872-1970, British philosopher, mathematician and political activist, who received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1950.
“It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.”
(Bertrand Russell)
O.S.Card, born 1951, American author, best known for his science fiction.
“All songs must end before we can know them. Without borders on a thing it cannot be comprehended as a whole.”
(O.S.Card, Songmaster)
Anatole France, 1844-1924, French author who received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1921.
“It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.”
(Anatole France)
Søren Kirkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher and theologian. He is often seen as the first existentialist.
“To dare, is to lose one's foothold for a moment. Not to dare, is to lose oneself.”
(Søren Kirkegaard)
Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish playwright and poet, known for his aestheticism.
"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."
(Oscar Wilde)
Maybe you have your own favourite quotes? Please share them in the comments.
Related articles: "Make a Distinction Between Quotes & Proverbs, and Attribute Properly!" and "Proverbs - Some Favourites".
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All these quotes are just amazing. Many many thanks to you for sharing it 🥰