Where possible Paul avoids quoting the teaching of Jesus, in fact even mentioning it. If we had to rely on Paul, we should not know that Jesus taught in parables, had delivered the sermon on the mount, and had taught His disciples the 'Our Father. ' Even where they are specially relevant, Paul passes over the words of the Lord.
Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted.
Winston, I don't know what I want, but I want you to go out and get it. When I see it, I'll know if it's what I thought I wanted. (Quoting a photography client. )
It`s the nature of cable news that we [TV hosts] do a lot of clipping and quoting of other broadcasts and outlets, sometimes to make a narrative point, sometimes to make a political one, and sometimes just to make a joke.
If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer)
Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture.
I don’t like to quote myself but unfortunately everybody I know who should be quoting me is dead.
Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now, Brush up your Shakespeare And the women you will wow.
At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them. A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death.
There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting.
The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen.
Stop quoting laws, we carry weapons!
One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings
You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging.
Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people.
It's better to be loved than feared, but if you can't be loved, then fear will do. -Dino quoting Machiavelli
In quoting others, we cite ourselves.
There is no more irritating fellow than the man who tries to settle an argument about communism, or justice, or liberty, by quoting from Webster.
The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U. S. Constitution - 'to spew out paper. '
People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me