Quotes vs. Wit

Here's a fun quote, "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."

- William Somerset Maugham

You know what I say Billy, non sequitur.

If I were someone famous and I could run my stupid mouth and say things that would get published, I could follow William and say "The ability to plagiarize is a serviceable substitute for writing."

Thats the same thing right?

One deals with oral language and one deals with written language, but both involve stealing one's unique thoughts. Here's the problem: Billy obviously has no wit whatsoever. So, in an attempt to make himself look somewhat intelligent he (and this is the really sad part) says a famous line about how quoting others is good 'nuff. That's not true, R2D2 can quote others, but that doesn't mean he's witty. Sorry Bill.


Perhaps, in Willy's world people run around quipping lines like, "say hello to my li'l friend" and "there's no crying in baseball." -- therefore obviously there's no need for fresh new thinking. Now, a world in which no one thinks independently -- phew, lets all cross our hearts and hope to die that we get there soon (sarcasm).