Quotes About Copycats

#1. If Charlie Parker were a Gunslinger, There'd be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats

Charles Mingus

#2. Real people conceive originality then think, write but never read of others' posts to copy to follow and the copycats follow exactly the opposite direction i.e. read of others' posts, write but never think and conceive originality.

Anuj

#3. I spent a lot of years working for Ralph Lauren, and he had so many copycats, from Tommy Hilfiger to Abercrombie & Fitch to J.Crew.

John Varvatos

#4. Institutions like mutual funds often worry that if they disclose their plans to buy a stock, copycats will move quickly and drive up the stock before the purchase is completed.

Alex Berenson

#5. There's about six original people in the world. The rest of everybody else are copycats. When it comes to religion and politics, ninety percent of people do what their parents did and think they made up their minds for themselves. They watch the news to see what the latest trends are.

Roland Merullo

#6. Strong brands are not built through shortcuts and copycats

Bernard Kelvin Clive

#7. The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.

Paul Mooney

#8. Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound.

Randy Bachman

#9. I learnt that people copy people they look up to, and good products inspire copycats.

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#10. As long as you're being a copycat, you will never be the best copycat.

Eric Thomas

#11. The prescription for perplexed people who are tempted to be pessimistic is to rejoice, do good, and recognize that our ability to work, eat, and drink is the gift of God.

J. Grant Howard

#12. Just when I nearly had the answer, I forgot the question.

Ashleigh Brilliant

#13. Paco!" she announces loudly. "Yeah, I'm talkin' to you," Elena says, pointing to Paco talking to a bunch of girls. "Next time you want to take a dump, do it in someone else's house.

Simone Elkeles

#14. I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.

Jim Capaldi

#15. Everybody has his own theater, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwrite, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.

Julius Charles Hare

#16. My mom is a big sports fans. Basketball, football, baseball, whatever. She calls into sports radio shows and gets into shouting matches, that's how intense she is about it.

Chris Hardwick

#17. Sixteen years I've pounded my head against the mentality of America, which ... I'd say it's about an 8th grade emotional level.

Bill Hicks

#18. Do your own thing. Others own their own thing. If you copy too much, you'll find yourself in late night cocktail lounge cover band limbo.

Kurt Cobain

#19. Our emotions pull us in different directions. The stronger the emotion, the greater the pull. Feelings are not always practical, nor do they make any logical sense. That's just the way it goes.

Lang Leav

#20. I'm not really against a lot of things unless they are just pure exploitation and then they create their own copycat culture that comes from someone acting irresponsibly. That's dangerous when that happens.

John Leguizamo

#21. Success looks a lot like failure up until the moment you break through the finish line.

Dan Waldschmidt

#22. Malone's commentary on Sonnet 93 was a defining moment in the history not only of Shakespeare studies but also of literary biography in general. What has emerged in our time as a dominant form of life writing can trace its lineage back to this extended footnote.

James Shapiro

#23. If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold.

Robert Ringer

#24. Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends.

Darell Hammond

#25. Because when I'm a copycat I'm never good! But when I'm Eric Thomas, I'm great! I'm great at what I do!

Eric Thomas

#26. My beloved friend - one of the most unique and charming personalities of our time.

Lewis Carroll

#27. I'm such a copycat."I want to try and do this like the Donovan song 'Changes'," or "I want to do this bit from Van Morrison." I don't know how else to illustrate something, because I'm not a super-great musician. In that way, I'm more like the producer.

Eleanor Friedberger