Talk:Quotations

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Hughh in topic Unsourced

"You make Your own history." - Anonymous

Bold edit

Why are some quotes in bold lettering?

This shows the writers intention to make the readers see them and think for a second.

No, it shows that some editor has made the decision to highlight a particular quote at the expense of others. Ed Fitzgerald 09:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

commented out part edit

"QUOTES POSTED HERE THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH QUOTATIONS -- NEED TO BE RELOCATED"

  • Labels are the little boxes that SOCIETY forces us into, so that IT can make sense of this thing we call life.
  • Play your life like a game of chess... With strategy and forethought.
  • History belongs to those who dare to write it.

Retrieved by Aphaia 19:11, 17 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Unsourced edit

Wikiquote no longer allows unsourced quotations, and they are in process of being removed from our pages (see Wikiquote:Limits on quotations); but if you can provide a reliable and precise source for any quote on this list please move it to Quotations.

  • Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning ... and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
  • And yes the reason I love quotes— it gets us back to the way life used to be and should be ... and we must be reminded as life is becoming very stressful, very busy, families are no longer what they used to be and I love to be reminded to slow down and smell the roses. Think about where you are going and what you are doing. They truly give life perspective.
  • Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life's most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.
  • What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?
  • Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author.
  • A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself.
  • A witty quotation only makes the obvious less so, but it can also make the painfully obvious less painfully so.
  • If a man throws peaches at another man...he wants to fight!
  • Hush, little bright line, don't you cry,
    You'll be a clieché by and by.
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