So while there is some truth to the oft-quoted remark that the Ring cycle was conceived backwards, it is not completely accurate.

Martha Graham was telling the truth in her oft-quoted remark about the inherent simplicity of body language: "Movement never lies."

Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited with the oft-quoted remark in favor of innovation: "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door."

Mr. Fox's insistence on quality is summed up in his oft-quoted remark: "The BBC makes programs, not product."

"It's here," said Ms. Pickens, mimicking the oft-quoted remark of the little girl in the film "Poltergeist" who saw ghosts in her television set.

Her oft-quoted remark to Strauss in this respect was: "I won't do it; I'm a decent woman."

That was a reference to an oft-quoted remark frequently attributed to the merchant John Wanamaker.

To Mr. Angeli and other food marketers, an oft-quoted remark by Julia Child is still the best evocation of the hunger for purposeful solitude.

His oft-quoted remark, "What the hell's going on here?"

Wright, during his first visit, made his oft-quoted remark: "I don't know whether I'm supposed to take my hat off or leave it on!