"I hate quotation. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Ironically, this quotation is itself routinely taken out of context, as it was being applied

"I hate quotation. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Ironically, this quotation is itself routinely taken out of context, as it was being applied specifically to writers who fall back on quotation when discussing the subject of immortality.