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Copy Quotes

What gets borrowed, and what gets missed.

These quotes include a personal keepsake, a well-worn family copy of a classic story kept on a desk for inspiration, alongside memories of writing advertising copy for very different clients. See Copying.

They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you...

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

I've planned book tours for myself, whether or not anybody wants to hear what I have to say. I've weighed in on things like what the cover looks like, what the copy looks like, how it's going to be promoted...

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The...

Quotes by A. R. Rahman

When I was nine years old I use to copy - not trace - the covers of the Donald Duck comics. Many years later I became a close friend of Jack Hannah, the director of the Donald Duck film shorts.

Quotes by William Jackson

Copied Quotes

It is the artist's function not to copy but to synthesise: to eliminate from that gross confusion of actuality which is his raw material whatever is accidental, idle, irrelevant, and select for perpetuation that only which is appropriate and immortal.

Quotes by William Ernest Henley

I put the copy of 'A Christmas Carol' that my grandfather had first read to me 60 years ago on my desk, and I began to write. The result, for better or for worse, is the 'Christmas Spirits.' I plan...

Quotes by Whitley Strieber

I wrote for magazines. I wrote adventure stuff, I wrote for the 'National Enquirer,' I wrote advertising copy for cemeteries.

Quotes by Walter Dean Myers

American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don't know what to copy.

Quotes by W. Edwards Deming

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.

Quotes by Vladimir Putin

Copies Quotes

I enjoy painting and can copy almost anything.

Quotes by Vinny Guadagnino

I don't like traditions, I am very personal, very independent, I don't like intimate ladies, I mean in German lieder there's a lot of copy, a lot of imitation, a lot of tradition, and this I have put it aside.

Quotes by Victoria de los Angeles

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.

Quotes by Venerable Bede

I spent a lot of time at my grandparents in the school holidays, and the only books in the house were a copy of the Bible and Agatha Christie's 'Murder at the Vicarage.' I developed a taste for murder mysteries...

Quotes by Val McDermid

My elder sister used to get the fashion magazines, and I would go through them and find things I liked and buy fabric and copy them. But I hated what I looked like. I mean, I was sooo skinny.

Quotes by Twiggy

Copying Quotes

I think Uber is just very different; there's no model to copy. It may be the reason why we've been a lightning rod in so many ways, because we don't do anything conventional... And then I think also, as an...

Quotes by Travis Kalanick

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.

Quotes by Tony Robbins

We learned in the university to consider Wordsworth and Keats as Romantics. They were only a generation apart, but Wordsworth didn't even read Keats's book when he gave him a copy.

Quotes by Thom Gunn

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.

Quotes by Theodore White

I was in my mid-teens when someone gave me a copy of 'Pears Encyclopaedia of Myth and Legends' as a birthday present. It sat on my shelves for many months before I looked at it. When I did, I couldn't...

Quotes by Tariq Ali

Copyright Quotes

I never liked to copy things that are out there. I always like to come up with something new, something different.

Quotes by Sylvia Robinson

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this copy quotes collection about?
This page gathers quotes that use "copy" in several senses - a treasured physical book, advertising text, and the idea of one nation or company imitating another. It pairs well with our Copying collection for more on imitation.
Why do people search for copy quotes?
Some readers are drawn to the sentimental meaning, like a well-worn family book, while others are interested in the sharper commentary about businesses or countries imitating others without understanding why it worked. That mix is part of the appeal.
What's a distinctive line among these quotes?
One writer describes keeping a decades-old copy of a beloved holiday book on the desk as inspiration before starting their own writing, showing how a cherished object can spark new creative work. Another offers a pointed critique of imitating a country's management style without grasping the reasoning behind it.
Is this collection only about literal copies of things?
Not entirely - one quote uses "copy" more abstractly, questioning whether one nation could ever truly become a copy of another given how different their historical roots are. That broadens the theme beyond books or products.
How are these quotes typically shared?
They're often used in captions about nostalgia, creative process, or commentary on originality versus imitation, and pair well with our Copied and Copyright pages for related angles.

Other lines question copying successful models without understanding what made them work, and note that one country truly copying another rarely happens. Continue with Copies or Copyright.