Marlene Dietrich

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

American Actress

William Feather

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

American Author

Benjamin Disraeli

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

British Statesman

Gyles Brandreth

A humorous quotation is a little window on the world that gives life a comic twist.

British Actor

Isaac D'Israeli

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

British Writer

Samuel Johnson

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

English Writer

Winston Churchill

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Evelyn Waugh

In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice.

English Author

Loretta Young

I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life.

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentinian Poet

Always credit the original author when you use a quotation to avoid plagiarism.

Attribution Essential

Use quotations to provide authority or clarity to your argument in writing.

Cite to Clarify

Choose quotations that match the tone of your writing, whether formal, informal, humorous, or solemn.

Match the Tone

A quotation in business is an estimated cost, not the final price to pay.

Not a Final Price

Get quotations from different providers to compare prices before making a choice.

Seek Multiple Quotations

Always ask for a written quotation as a record of the agreed estimated cost.

Written Proof

In finance, a quotation reflects current market perceptions and demand for a stock.

Market Indicator

Stock and share quotations can change quickly with market conditions.

Fluctuates Rapidly

Use quotations to guide buying or selling decisions in the stock market.

Guide Investments

 But this is both hysterically funny -- but I think an important philosophical point, which is, going forward, we need more of this kind of value. We need to spend more time appreciating what already exists, and less time agonizing over what else we can do. Two quotations to more or less end with. One of them is, "Poetry is when you make new things

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 And then as I went around the country after that and felt the fear -- the fear that was leading to people feeling they couldn't worry about the environment any more, in case they seemed not to be patriotic -- and I was trying to encourage them, somebody came up with a little quotation from Mahatma Gandhi,

What separates us from...

 I don't think it's required that you have to have a certain kind of voice, or, like, a certain way of presenting yourself to be feminist, because I think that, like, feminism can be really hot, and I think actually that it's really vital and important. Like, the quotation I'm wearing is from, like,

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 from which plagiarism originates. Brain child snatchers sneak up on innocent papers and copy and paste them without citing any sources, putting quotation marks around direct quotes or changing a word. They've also been known to steal and hold particularly eloquent essays for ransom.

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 There's a lot of text that start with this diamond-shaped symbol. And this in turn tends to be followed by this quotation marks-like symbol. And this is very similar to a Q and U example. This symbol can in turn be followed by these fish-like symbols and some other signs,

Rajesh Rao: Computing a...

 we were criticized for not trying to say something more profound than just signing the work. So we won't give the rest of the code, but we will give the three quotations. The first is, "To live, to err, to fall, to triumph and to recreate life out of life."

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 And I would like to suggest that it's not a coincidence that this supposed decline in the elite arts and criticism occurred in the same point in history in which there was a widespread denial of human nature. A famous quotation can be found --

Steven Pinker: Human...

 is to draft and revise your analysis. Only after you write your analysis, return to your introduction. Like authors earlier, try to intrigue and inspire your reader. Avoid starting with famous quotations,

The power of a great...

 Is it a flying comma, or a quotation mark chopped in half? Either way, you may already be well-versed in how to use the apostrophe,

When to use apostrophes...

 In the rather delightful book "The Little Prince," there is a quotation, which says