You've probably encountered these authors. They are the ones whose sayings adorn the inside pages of books, who appear on t-shirts, whose appearance is almost guaranteed on any QuoteOverdosed page or series that makes use of {{Epigraph}}s. They will have the largest section on BeamMeUpScotty, in fact BeamMeUpScotty will form their best known quotes for a lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes (Creator/MarkTwain). Somehow these authors have managed to be inherently quotable. Their words tug on the imagination, perhaps more than they do on fact but hey, imagination is more important than knowledge (UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein). They also tend to be people to look up to for their intellect; people want to seem witty not just for saying something witty but also for saying something said by someone witty even though a witty saying proves nothing (Creator/{{Voltaire}}). There is also the fact that people depend on SmallReferencePools so once someone gets into the popular consciouness, they will circle around it for infinity.[[Troper Troper]]

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