{"id":924,"date":"2014-02-04T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/post\/Quotation-n-The-Act-of-Repeating-Erroneously-the-Words-of-Another1"},"modified":"2020-08-13T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T14:46:13","slug":"quotation-n-the-act-of-repeating-erroneously-the-words-of-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textbookrush.com\/blog\/post\/quotation-n-the-act-of-repeating-erroneously-the-words-of-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotation, n: The Act of Repeating Erroneously the Words of Another*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\">I once heard a professor quip that \u201cto win a debate in any given subject, you needn\u2019t be correct; you need only be able to quote the most authorities on the matter.\u201d I frankly hope that isn\u2019t the case, but his point is well taken. We love a good quote. We plaster them on our walls, our Facebook pages, the bumpers of our cars, and in nearly every paper we write. Often we use quotations in order to show our agreement or disagreement with someone of some sort of authority or renown. Many of us use quote from poems, novels, or biographies to stir emotion, inspiration, or insight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\">I was recently asked to cite my favorite quote. Feeling a bit bookish at the time, I chose one of the more obvious, albeit poignant, quotes from Fitzgerald\u2019s <em>The Great Gatsby<\/em>. Which I felt more than a little self-conscious about when the movie rather conspicuously highlighted the quote at the end of the film; because what\u2019s the fun in sharing a favorite quote with a millions of other people?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\">I currently have a list of some of my favorite quotes thumb tacked to my cubical wall here. Some are inspirational, others witty, but most of them are simply there to remind me that I am not alone in my weirdness. Here are a few of my favorites:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201cReason is greatly indebted to passion. The human race would long since have ceased to be, had its preservation depended only on reason.\u201d<\/em> &amp;ndash; Jean-Jacques Rousseau<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201cAn intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Dan Rather<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201cNobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Albert Camus<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201cYou know what charm is: a way of getting the answer \u2018yes\u2019 without having asked any clear question.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Albert Camus<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cWeekends don\u2019t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Bill Watterson<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201cIf everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there\u2019d be peace<\/em>\u201d \u2013 John Lennon<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201c[S]tatistics will always lie. That I mean statistics can be made to say anything.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 David Simon (creator of The Wire)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201cCut the deck right in half; I\u2019ll play from either side.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Mary Chapin Carpenter<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201cThe covers of this book are too far apart<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Ambrose Bierce (and every student who has ever lived)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\">And finally,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\"><em>\u201cA witty saying proves nothing\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Voltaire<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\">Now, I turn to you. What are a few of your favorite quotes? When and where do you use them? What makes an awesome quote awesome?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\">If you can\u2019t think of any, or you\u2019re in the market for quote upgrades, might I recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.textbookrush.com\/browse\/Books\/9781594746369\"><em>Quotes Every Man Should Know<\/em><\/a> by Nick Mamatas, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.textbookrush.com\/browse\/books\/9781592287888\"><em>1001 Smartest Things Ever Said<\/em><\/a> by Steven D. 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