originality
n. Process whereby you remember what you heard but forgot where you heard it.
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Cynical Quotations
Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
— Howard Aiken
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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
— Josh Billings
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