Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

The 9th edition of Bartlett's (1901) provides an alphabetical list of authors, a chronological list of primary authors, and a searchable index of quotes. This is an authoritative source for quotations, but keep in mind that it does not contain modern-day quotations. Follow these guidelines when constructing searches:

• Enter a few related words, rather than a single word. The system will find all quotes containing one or more words:

  nature conservation organization
love marriage children

• When searching for a phrase (two or more words in a row) separate the words with dashes, or surround them with quotes, for example:

  give-me-liberty
"give me liberty"

• To exclude documents containing a particular word, put a dash in front of that word. To find all documents containing the phrase "old age" but not containing "youth", try one of the following:

  old-age -youth
"old age" -pizza

• Use an asterisk to match an arbitrary string in the middle or at the end of a word, for example:

  cold blood*

Quotations Page

One of the better organized quotations sites. Select "Quote Search/Advanced Form" to search several quotations collections by keyword, author, or subject.

Yahoo!: Quotations

Provides links to many quotations sites, including daily quotations, quotations on specific topics, by specific authors/personalities, etc.