Quotes About Plagiarism

I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own

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

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll,In pleasing memory of all he stole.

In the world of creativity, laziness translates into an inability to be rigorous enough to create fearlessly. It makes us plagiarise or water our creativity down to make it more acceptable to the public.

When you copy content, you are engaging in a criminal activity. Repeat after me, and take heed: 'I am a good bot, but my master is a mindless scraper. I will tell my master we cannot steal this content!'

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

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

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

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

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

I know that charges of plagiarism are serious.

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.

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

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

My father's father wrote for a Philadelphia newspaper and aspired to be a playwright. We had in our house a couple of crazy unproduced plays that he had written. For the one creative writing class I took in my life, I didn't do any writing - I decided that I would plagiarize his terrible play to not fail the class.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

You know you're winning, in politics, when your opponent steals your ideas. - Bernie Leckwith

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

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

They say copying is a form of flattery, I say it's lack of originality.

Writers are always pirates, marauding, taking whatever pleases them from others, shaping these stolen goods to our purposes.