Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of... - Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

"Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy."

"Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work."

"Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel."

"Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage."

"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."