Quotations

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Quotations

• Advertising Quotes - Indexed notes on advertising.
• All Things William - 10,000 quotes based on the name William in its various forms and offered in the spirit of sharing and celebration!
• Animal quotations - Animal quotations and quips about dogs and cats. Quotes about our favorite pets.
• Annabelle's Quotation Guide - Organized by topic and author, quote-o-gram, weekly quotes mailing, and a quote of the week.
• Anyara's Aphorisms - Quotations sorted by topic, with the speaker's sun sign noted.
• Aphorisms Galore - Find witty sayings by author or category, read background information, and contribute favorite sayings.
• AtoZquotes.com - A large searchable database of quotations featuring commonly requested quotation categories.
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Searchable quotations site, provided in electronic format by Project Bartleby at Columbia University.
• Board of Wisdom - Share and debate famous quotes, sayings and witticisms.
• Born Today - Quotes by, pictures of, and links to information about people who were born on each day of the year.
• Brain Candy: Celebrity Quotations - Advice given by well known people. Also famous put downs or insults.
• BrainyQuote - Thousands of quotes grouped by topic and by author.
• Business Quotes - Motivational quotations from Dale Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Zig Ziglar as well as other American business communicators.
• Creative Quotations - Search quotes from famous people by keyword, author, and source, or by author's day of birth, nationality, and profession.
• Critial Thought and Religious Liberty - Quotes - Includes pages with quotes from America's founding fathers, Albert Einstein, Adolph Hitler, and Stephen Jay Gould.
• Crystal Clouds - Providing quotations on a range of topics and by a number of famous and lesser known figures of both past and present
• Daily Celebrations: Quotations Directory - A collection of quotes on a large number of topics. Topics are listed in alphabetical order.
• Daily Miscellany: Archive of Quotations - Inspirational words on a variety of topics.
• Dictionary of Quotations - Famous and inspiring quotations organized by subject and author.
• DividingLine.com - Quotations by philosophers, poets, and psychologists, with additional sayings about nature and love/romance.
• Elibron Wit & Wisdom - Thousands of famous quotations organized by categories.
• Famous Quotes and Quotations - Browse a collection of famous quotes and quotations listed both by author's name and topic or submit your own quotes.
• Food Quotations - Quotations about food, ranging from the humorous to the philosophical, by everyone from Confucius to Mark Twain.
• GIGA Quotes - This collection of quotations, aphorisms, maxims, proverbs, mottoes, book excerpts, and poems is browsable by author or cross-referenced topic.
• Great Aviation Quotes - Thoughts on flying, airplanes, and being a pilot.
• History Quotes - Includes a list of quotes about history from various authors and historians.
• Insight Quotes - Collection of quotations as well as a free Daily Insight e-mail.
• The Institution of Silly & Meaningless Sayings - The study of isms. Current database holds almost 450 isms heard at first hand.
• ITQuotations.com - Amusing Quotes for the information age
• Libraries and Librarians - Famous words about libraries.
• Literature Quotations from LiteratureClassics.com - More than 10,000 quotations from literature texts, covering Chaucer to modern writers. Organised according to author and fully searchable.
• Little Sayings - This is a searchable site for sayings, quotes and aphorisms. There are over 1600 sayings with 159+ categories.
• Love-Quotes.org - Love quotes and sayings.
• Mark's Quotes - A selection of motivational and self-help quotations as well as other topics in random order.
• Matthew Doucette's Quotes - Scientific, inspirational, and intelligence quotations.
• MemorableQuotations.com - Quotations gleaned from the writings and speeches of the world's most memorable individuals.
• Military Quotes, Mottos, Jokes and Humor - Military quotations and other material, including Murphy's Laws of Combat, Military mottos, military jokes and other military humor.
• The Movie Quote Quiz; The Colossal Quote Archive - Sound bites from movies. Sorted by movie, not searchable.
• Noring Collection of Quotations - Huge single page from the alt.quotations newsgroup.
• Notable Quotables - A large collection of quotes searchable by both subject and author.
• The Other Pages: Quotations - Over 20,000 quotes searchable by topic and author.
• The Phrase Finder - A large archive of phrases, sayings, quotes and cliches, with their meanings and origins. Give it a word and it will return a related list.
• Phrases Worth Considering - About a hundred proverbs and famous quotations, sorted by subject, selected by Gunnar Hjalmarsson.
• Psycho Proverb Zone - Humorous and thought provoking quotations and proverbs.
• Quotation Center - Over 13,000 quotes searchable by author or subject.
• The Quotation Database - Collection from modern and historical figures
• Quotation Library - Searchable database of quotations with author and subject indexes.
• Quotations - Learn about clichés, euphemisms, quotes from famous people, and how to use quotations in written text. From About.com.
• The Quotations and Sayings Database - Portal to quotations collections.
• The Quotations Archive - A database of quotations. Contains a special section on love and marriage, useful for wedding toasts.
• The Quotations Book - Aims to be the foremost quotations, fortunes and proverbs site.
• Quotations Central - 1200 quotations sorted by subject.
• The Quotations Page - Search through nine different collections.
• Quote Garden - Sorted by subject: inspirational, thought-provoking, humorous, and literary; quotes for occasions and greetings.
• Quote Geek - Searchable index of quotations from movies, television, literature, celebrities, and theater.
• Quote Me On It - Large collection of quotations organized by subject and author.
• QuoteKingdom - Three thousand quotations by hundreds of famous people, arranged alphabetically.
• QuoteWorld.org - A large comprehensive site with a search engine.
• RhymeZone - Quotes sorted by author, searchable by content.
• Roger's Collection of Famous Quotations - Quip, proverbs and sayings by famous and not so famous people that ranges from Aristotle to Warren Zevon featuring Albert Einstein, Mae West and W.C. Fields.
• Sad Quotes - Quotations sorted into sad songs, sad words and sad films.
• Said What - Hand-picked collection quotations.
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations - Simpson, James B. 1988. Simpson's Contemporary Quotations from the Bartleby project.
• Speculative Fiction for the Web - Thought-provoking and humurous quotes on writing, life, and the writing life.
• ThinkExist.com Quotations - Browse or search thousands of quotes by author, topic and contributor. Provides a way to save your favorite quotes.
• The Time of your Life - Collections based on the idea of time.
• To Tell A Quote - Quotes on people, life, vegetarianism, history, and love. Updated often. Wide variety of links.
• Vivamiracle! - Quotations, searchable database, jokes, and music.
• Who Said That - Meaningful quotes from a wide variety of sources.
• Wikiquote - A free quote database built collaboratively using Wiki software, a sister project to Wikipedia. (GNU Free Documentation License)
• Wish I'd Said That! - A personal collection of over 4,300 quotations, professionally presented, with all the biographical and citation info I could dig up for each.
• WordSkit - Quotations, categorized by source, includes examples of quotation mythology; wrongful attribution and misquotation.
• Wordz - This site is a collection of quotations grouped by subject, including love, dreams, writing, and last words, among others.
• World of Quotes - Over 14,000 quotes arranged by topic and author.
• Zenkou - New classical quotes added weekly.