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Quotation
A quotation is a fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.
Proverbs and quotations have similar cultural influence. In case of extensive quoting from a work one needs to consider copyright and fair use.
A sister project of Wikimedia Foundation called Wikiquote was created on June 27, 2003 as a free online encyclopedia of quotations in every language. Sententiae is another free and open source project based on user-edited quotations in all languages.
There are many other quotation sites out there as well. Sadly, very few of them seem to care for accurate information. In the future, this will hopefully change.
External links
- GIGA Quotes: GIGA Quotes, relatively accurate
- Quote DB: The Quotations Database
- Wikiquote
- Famous Quotations.com: A huge collection of quotations
- Top 50 Top 50 Quality Quotations Resources
- Sententiae: multilingual open source database of quotations, aphorisms and sayings (also a wiki)
- Your Quotations: Thousands of famous quotes categorized and searcheable.
- Bartleby - Online Literature resource with thousands of accurate quotations.
- QuotesandSayings - QuotesandSayings.com - one of the first quotations websites with subject and author indexes.
- Search Portal - A portal to search all the good quotations databases, in one place.
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Great Aviation Quotes
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Psycho Proverb Zone
Humorous and thought provoking quotations and proverbs.
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Quotable Quotes
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The Quotations and Sayings Database
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The Quotations Page
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Quote Geek
Searchable index of quotations from movies, television, literature, celebrities, and theater.
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Vivamiracle!
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Crystal Clouds
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Multilingual open source database of quotations, aphorisms, and sayings. Unrestricted searching and browsing. Free registration required to edit.
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Wikiquote
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http://www.wikiquote.org/
The Phrase Finder
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Timely Quotes
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The Time of your Life
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A Quote for You
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All Things William
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Daily Quotation Server
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Quote Me On It
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Russian Book: Quotation
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Famous and inspiring quotations organized by subject and author.
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Brain Candy: Celebrity Quotations
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DividingLine.com
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Quotation Ring Mailing List
Mailing list and archive; accepts contributions.
http://www.quotationring.net/mailinglist.html
The Quotable Writer
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http://members.aol.com/williamagordon/writers_quotations.html
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Literature Quotations from LiteratureClassics.com
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http://www.literatureclassics.com/quotes.asp
GIGA Quotes
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http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/quotes.htm
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http://l0s.acm.jhu.edu/quotes.html
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