The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.
Those who never quote, in return are never quoted.
It's necessary in order to attract attention, to dazzle at all costs, to be disapproved of by serious people and quoted by the foolish.
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.
Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.
I know my career is going badly because I'm being quoted correctly.
A good saying often runs the risk of being thrown away when quoted as the speaker's own. [Fr. , C'est souvent hasarder un bon mot et vouloir le perdre que de le donner pour sien. ]
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.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Cunning authors cut to be quoted.
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.
Any stupid remark, quoted often enough, becomes gospel.
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.
I asked Mother how she endured so many years of goodbyes. She quoted a mountain-man who said, 'Make the least of all that goes and the most of all that comes. '
. . . then he looked at my T-shirt and saw Byron's picture on it and he quoted "She Walks in Beauty," which is like my favorite poem next to the one by Baudelaire about his girlfriend being nothing but worm food, except that Lily called that one first because Baudelaire is her fave poet and so she got the shirt with him on it, even though Byron is way more scrumptious and I would do him on sharp gravel if I had the chance. --from The Chronicles of Abby Normal
I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning, or destroyed it altogether.
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.
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.
I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
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.