It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My brother and I were born in London. . . but our descent, our interest and our joy were in the north country'. Quoted in The Tale of Beatrix Potter a Biography by Margaret Lane, First Edition p 32-33
A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages to hide his ignorance of life.
Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.
I would remain nearer you for what time there is. " "Gone in one faerie sigh," she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. "I can hold my breath.
When you see yourself quoted in print and you’re sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.
I know my career is going badly because I'm being quoted correctly.
And then you're going to have a president whose business empire depends on sort of delivering certain policies. For example, one thing that was quoted in the Newsweek report -that his [Donald Trump] pushing policies of nuclear arms for South Korea would actually improve his business network.
I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to one's imagination.
[Donald Trump] even quoted a tweet from a self-identified 16-year-old as a way to justify crazy unsupported claims about the popular vote.
We hear eagerly every thought and word quoted from an intellectual man. But in his presence our own mind is roused to activity, and we forget very fast what he says.
Lincoln is quoted more often than he's understood, and he understood that the founding principle of our nation is, in fact, the Declaration of Independence.
You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
I've been so mutilated by a lot of articles. I know I haven't said a lot of things I'm quoted as saying in the papers.
Pat Robertson said the feminist movement was just a bunch of lesbians who wanted to leave their husbands and kill their children. I quoted him in my book. It's a fantastic statement.
Israel is a big provider of military technology to Brazil and this has caused a big breach in the two sides of the government. On the one hand, you have the diplomatic side. On the other side, Brazil's military has been quoted in the local press as being quite upset that this diplomatic standoff could affect the military relationship.
Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive.
And I quoted from Nietzsche: That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.
So many figures are quoted to prove so many things. Sometimes it depends on what paper you read or what broadcast you listen in on.