Quote Me Or Not

I find many a quotation interesting (as one might have guessed from the quote that highlights the title of my blog), but I have always been amused by the particular dichotomy of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his writings. The following quotes about quotations I have always found amusing, only because they were written by the same author, the aforementioned Emerson.

'I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.'

'By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. '

'Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.'

Still, I have always found that a quotation is useful in the proper context of course, and I am sure I have taken Emerson out of context, but ole' Ralph has always had a duality to his thoughts (like many writers) for he was a staunch abolitionist and yet referred to Native Americans as the 'noble savage'(a mentality sadly common in the 19th century). Anyway, just an amusing thought (or series of thoughts) early in the 'morn.

And for those of you out haunting your haunts or crawling the night away this Halloween weekend (as it is just about time to close down many of those haunts, except perhaps on the West Coast, do be safe and save some ghoulish behavior for the actual holiday on Tuesday (but only a little I suspect since most of us have work the next day... or in my case, a 12 hour drive to work for the weekend :). Anyway, take care and enjoy the extra hour of sleep granted by 'falling back'.

C.