Misquoting Quotes

“Nostalgia was never what it used to be.”
― Brian Spellman

“The late bird gets the fish that got the worm.”
― Brian Spellman

“After the New Yorker piece I decided that I would never give another interview to anyone on any subject and that I would keep away from all places where I would be likely to be interviewed. If you say nothing it is difficult for someone to get it wrong.”
― Ernest Hemingway, On Writing

“Quoting someone and rewriting their words makes it a quote from you and not them any longer. To change the meaning of someone's words without permission is offensive enough, to then contact the quoted person and try to justify it to them is even worse. It's verbatim or bust!”
― Stewart Stafford

“Deleuze and Guattari have been totally misunderstood because the following has been wrenched from context: "Forming grammatically correct sentences is for the normal individual the prerequisite for any submission to social laws. No one is supposed to be ignorant of grammaticality; those who are belong in special institutions. The unity of language is fundamentally political." (112)
They are NOT advocating for this sort of prescriptive approach to language; rather, they are describing the social system around language--how language is a political tool. Why persist in quoting them as though they are promoting some sort of linguistic purity?”
― Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari

“Life imitates art and art imitates life until both imitate imitation - Reality TV.”
― Brian Spellman

“As one mouth closes, another always opens.”
― Brian Spellman

“Never speak ill of the dead, insult his kin instead.”
― Brian Spellman

“The early worm gets bird shit.”
― Brian Spellman

“Jace raised his eyebrows. "I knew it," he said. "You want to kiss me, don't you?"
Simon threw up his hands in exasperation. "Of course not. But if-"
"I guess it's true what they say," observed Jace. "There are no straight men in the trenches."
"That's atheists, jackass," said Simon furiously. "There are no atheists in the trenches.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“Words don't get lost in translation, they get remixed. Just watch what happens to this quote.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Misquoting is the art of futures past...”
― Ancient Chinese Proverb

“Always go with your first impetuosity.”
― Brian Spellman

“Ignorance is bliss. Wisdom is blisters.”
― Brian Spellman

“When the only rule is there are no rules becomes literal, we'll all become illiterate and unable to offend one another at all.”
― Brian Spellman

“Those who write obscurely are lucky: they will have commentators. The others will have only readers, fact that seems to be shameful.”
― Albert Camus

“Once more unto the breach!' Sebastian cried, audibly scratching the wood. 'Dear friends, once more ... or close up this cabinet with our English dead.'
"'And we've reached the misquoting Shakespeare part of the evening,' Julian said.”
― Maureen Johnson, Nine Liars