#quotation

Occasionally a moderately intelligent thought misses a turn and accidentally enters my mind ↗

— Barry Hughart

#intelligence

God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#ugly-men #men

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

— Rudyard Kipling

#emperors #himself #purple #quotations #would

What is it you’re interested in exactly?” the man asked slowly. “Just the color?” “I think we both know,” said Adrian cunningly. “I want the color. I want the ‘bonus effects.’ And I want it to look badass. You probably can’t even do the design I want.” “That’s the least of your worries,” said the guy. “I’ve been doing this for years. I can draw anything you want.” “Yeah? Can you draw a skeleton riding a motorcycle with flames coming out of it? And I want a pirate hat on the skeleton. And a parrot on his shoulder. A skeleton parrot. Or maybe a ninja skeleton parrot? No, that would be overkill. But it’d be cool if the biker skeleton could be shooting some ninja throwing stars. That are on fire.” “That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard,” said the tattooist. “That’s not what the ladies are going to say,” said Adrian ↗

— Richelle Mead

#design

The problem with quotes on the internet is you never know if they are genuine. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#humor #lies #quotations #reliability #truth

Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation. ↗

— Janet Malcolm

#expressing #fidelity #himself #his #journalistic

We have a queen-size bed and the dog sleeps in the middle. John and I are sort of these little quotation marks on either corner. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#corner #dog #either #i #john

It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman's brain! ↗