Top 30 Plagiarism Quotes

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

The painter, sculptor, writer, and musician are protected by law. So are inventors. But the chef has absolutely no redress for plagiarism on his work; on the contrary, the more the latter is liked and appreciated, the more will people clamour for his recipes.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Plagiarism is one of the great academic sins. It has the power to destroy a scholar or writer and turn a lifetime’s work to dust.

Using a big word like ‘plagiarism’… always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.

Composers shouldn’t think too much – it interferes with their plagiarism.

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

Biden’s first failed run for the presidency was ended by his dishonesty over his academic record and his plagiarism, including the biography and speeches of British Labor politician Neil Kinnock.

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.

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.

I know that charges of plagiarism are serious.

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

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

You don’t want to become guilty of plagiarism by letting someone else’s words get inadvertently mixed in with your own. If you do feel the need to paste in a block of research while you’re writing, be sure to highlight the copied text in a different color so you can go back and remove or rewrite it entirely later.

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

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.

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

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.