Imitated Quotes

ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play. The zany was progenitor to the specialist in humor, as we to-day have the unhappiness to know him. In the zany we see an example of creation; in the humorist, of transmission. Another excellent specimen of the modern zany is the curate, who apes the rector, who apes the bishop, who apes the archbishop, who apes the devil. - Ambrose Bierce

We're constantly stealing ideas from each other. It's nice being imitated on something that works. - Wayne Cross

Tiger was cracking jokes and relating some locker room stories. He also imitated a few players. - Arjun Atwal

This cowardly, back-tracking, fast-talking, slick character, to me, is probably the most imitated character and persona that's in comedy. - Conan O'Brien

The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated. - Johann Georg Hamann

The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country. - John Desmond Bernal

The original writer is not he who does not imitate others, but he who can be imitated by none. - Francis R. Chateaubriand

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational. - Cheryl James

No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated. - Robert Fortune

I've had many writing heroes, writers who have influenced me. ...When I was very young as a sportswriter I knowingly and unashamedly imitated others ... But slowly, by what process I have no idea, your own writing tends to crystallize, to take shape. Yet you've learned some moves from all these guys and they are somehow incorporated into your own style. Pretty soon you're not imitating any longer. - Red Smith