General: Quotations


  1. Quotation Center
    Contains over 11,000 quotations. Searchable and browseable by subject, author, or keyword.

  2. Cole's Quotables
    Search over 2,000 quotes by keyword. Most, but not all, quotes are cited.

  3. Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
    Searchable database of over 10,000 comtemporary (1950-1990) quotations from over 4,000 sources (primarily people but also includes organizations, and advertisers). Browse by author or by one of over 60 different subject categories. Compiled by James B. Simpson and produced by the good folks at Bartleby.com.

  4. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
    Look up the source of that unknown quotation in the 9th (1901) edition of Bartlett's courtesy of the Bartleby Project at Columbia University. Includes keyword searching, and alphabetical & chronological indexes.

  5. CCEE.COM Quotes
    Nearly 1,400 quotes on all topics. Most identified by author only (not source).

  6. The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: a comprehensive collection of the views of Thomas Jefferson
    Browse or search this collection of Jefferson quotations "classified and arranged in alphabetical order under nine thousand titles relating to government, politics, law, education, political economy, finance, science, art, literature, religious freedom, morals, etc." Electronic edition of John P. Foley's two-volume (1900) publication produced by the University of Virginia Library.

  7. Thomas Jefferson Quotes on Politics and Government
    Nearly 2,000 TJ quotations organized by subject and also searchable by keyword.

  8. Creative Quotations
    Database of 100,000 quotations searchable by keyword.

  9. Aphorisms Galore
    Nearly 2,000 witty sayings by author and category.

  10. Advertising Quotes
    Hundreds of quotations arranged by topic. From the Department of Advertising at the University of Texas-Austin.


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