Top 79 Plagiarism Quotes & Sayings

I think the line between "inspiration" and "plagiarism" is often so thin, that you risk falling into the latter one.

In many senses, creativity and 'plagiarism' are nearly indivisible.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

I firmly believe in copyrights and am put off by plagiarism.

All work and no plagiarism makes a dull speech.

Existing is plagiarism.

plagiarism, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.

Plagiarism is necessary, progress implies it

When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that's plagiarism, that's taking other people's music.

There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste of his choices in matters of high-level plagiarism.

Writing your own story around the same ideas is not plagiarism; at worst, it's being unoriginal.

Art is either revolution or plagiarism

Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born.

The only real mystery in the stories of political plagiarism is its durability in an age of Turnitin and other scanning software that can protect an author from his own mistakes, intentional or otherwise.

Mr. Fitzgerald-I believe that is how he spells his name-seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.

The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

The kernel, the soul - let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances - is plagiarism.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

Where do architects and designers get their ideas? The answer, of course, is mainly from other architects and designers, so is it mere casuistry to distinguish between tradition and plagiarism?

I know that charges of plagiarism are serious.

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea.

Plagiarism is basic to all culture

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Anything that is not autobiography is plagiarism.

I think a very clear cut example of - dare I say - plagiarism is the Sam Smith-Tom Petty situation, where you have a song that is flagrantly... it is the hook from one song being used for another song. To me, that was a very obvious example of plagiarism. If somebody had done that to me, I would probably take a similar course of action.

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching.

Imitation isn't the sincerest form of flattery - it's plagiarism.

I am now to offer some thoughts upon that sameness or familiarity which we frequently find between passages in different authors without quotation. This may be one of three things either what is called Plagiarism, or Imitation, or Coincidence.

All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons!

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.

I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it.

To engage in downright plagiarism is disappointing. It's cynical, opportunistic and hypocritical.

Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research.

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.

Can you sue yourself for plagiarism? If so, then 'Old School' has presented Ivan Reitman with a case.

Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing.

In the arts they call it plagiarism, in business they call it competition.

With traditional publishing, books might be pulled due to plagiarism or libel - but rarely for content, and especially not without a widespread outcry.

Scientific fraud, plagiarism, and ghost writing are increasingly being reported in the news media, creating the impression that misconduct has become a widespread and omnipresent evil in scientific research.

I think almost every newspaper in the United States has lost circulation due to the Internet. I also think the Internet will lead to a lot of plagiarism in journalism.

A major focus of 'Reality Hunger' is appropriation and plagiarism and what these terms mean. I can hardly treat the topic deeply without engaging in it. That would be like writing a book about lying and not being permitted to lie in it.

Self-plagiarism is style.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Plagiarism saves time.

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

Every university has its problems. The issues range from lack of amenities, plagiarism, poor quality research, sexual harassment, faculty moonlighting, and faulty and biased recruitment.

Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.

The relation between life and literature - a final antimony - is one of mutual plagiarism.

Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.

After some time passed in studying - and even imitating - the works of others, I would recommend the student to endeavour to be original, and to remember that originality should not be undiscovered plagiarism.

The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals... is the plagiarism of ourselves.

It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing.

The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sentence.

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.