Copycat Quotes

“Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“When you are gunning to be like other people, you are foolishly repeating their mistakes, and the worst of it all is that you can't even correct yours.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Be yourself because an original is worth more than just a copy.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“A copycat is like a poor amateur. Just another rip off. Noone whats your shit.”
― Knisztina

“People can copy anything; your mode of dressing, the way you talk, walk, dance, sing, cry, but they will find it very hard to imitate the way you donate money.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Creativity vs. inspiration: inspiration makes a copy, creativity makes something completely new.”
― Hannah Garrison

“You’re not more punk because you wear leather jackets. You’re not more metal because you have long hair. You’re not more rock and roll because you have tattoos”
― Dean Mackin

“As we were chatting in the back room, her gaze suddenly fell on the ballet flats I was wearing. "Oh, those shoes are from that shop in Omotesando, aren't they? I like that place too. I have some boots from there." In the back room she speaks in a languid drawl, the end of her words slightly drawn out. I bought these flats after checking the brand name of the shoes she wears for work while she was in the toilet.

"Oh really? Wait, do you mean those dark blue ones you wore to the shop before? Those were cute!" I answered, copying Sugawara's speech pattern but using a slightly more adult tone.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

“But I do not know much - except perhaps the One - as it is written thus: 'Nothing except Jesus.' Yet even added up...just copy-cat expressions, wanna-be humble platitudes, try-hard lip service, feel-strong sayings, feel-good quotations plus virtue-signalling slogans and such...these things are not enough: because He must know me.”
― Criss Jami

“When we are around people as well as images, we began taking on their moods and emotions. Resonance is the driving force that makes this transference of energy and information happen. On a biological level, mirror neurons are part of the physical mechanism that causes us to emulate the images around us.”
― Cary G. Weldy, The Power of Tattoos: Twelve Hidden Energy Secrets of Body Art Every Tattoo Enthusiast Should Know

“During the first year I tried to write like an intellectual, until I realized, that's not me. So I abandoned the intellectual facade, and became unapologetically human in my writing, and I haven't looked back since.

The tone of 'In Search of Divinity' was so different that I even thought of publishing by a pseudonym. Today I am glad that I did not change my name, for the different new tone was the true voice of mine.

Monkey see, monkey imitate - Human challenge is to find yourself. Once you do, that's when you start to glow, Synthetic sparklers only drag you to descent.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Monkey see, monkey imitate -
Human challenge is to find yourself.
Once you do, that's when you start to glow,
Synthetic sparklers only drag you to descent.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Monkey see, monkey imitate -
Human challenge is to find yourself.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets