famous quotes

As both writers and speakers often cite quotes from noted individuals or historic moments, famous quotes is a popular internet tag.

Quotes, short for "quotations," are the use of words first said by another person.  Famous quotes are quotes considered notable because of who said or wrote the statement, where and when it was made, its source, or any combination of those.  They can are often used to illustrate or support a point or position.  

There is a long history of compiling famous quotes.  Today, numerous web sites and blogs are sources for quotes on anywhere from one topic to interrelated subjects to an entire range of topics.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “famous quotes”

 

• Quotation of the day – Edith Wharton

  
  Funny signs — Authority: 116
  If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937)
  4 days ago

• Don not tel me u love me

  
  Latest Hindi, Urdu SMS, Birthday SMS Wishes, Good Morning Wishes SMS — Authority: 127
  Don not tel me u love me- A love sms shor only 2 line Don not tel me u love me show me that u do.
  1 week ago

• 40 apps, one buck: AppZilla offers a ton of productivity on the cheap

  
  Android Headlines - Your Trusted Android News Source — Authority: 525
  And you thought Google’s 10 Billion Apps promotion was a steal. Popular iPhone productivity suite AppZilla is now available from the Android Market, ready to give you an extra couple of populated pages in your app drawer of a single, solitary greenback. The collection of basic apps has been lauded on iOS for its ...
  2 weeks ago

• Quote of the moment: Gold standard a “barbarous relic” – Keynes

  
  Millard Fillmore's Bathtub — Authority: 506
  Portrait of John Maynard Keynes as a younger man (who is the artist? where does it hang?) In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. John Maynard Keynes, Monetary Reform (1924), p. 172 Did Keynes foresee the rise of Ron Paul, even in 1924? More, resources: Economist Brad ...
  2 weeks ago

• 30 Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. In Honor of His Birthday and His Life

  
  Self Improvement Saga — Authority: 103
  I’ve compiled these quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. to celebrate the birthday of a man whose courage, vision and greatness touched countless lives with the gift of a deeply powerful, eternally relevant message. The message is one of pure truth, love, peace and respect for all of humanity. Quotes by Martin Luther ...
  2 weeks ago

• Swami Vivekananda Quotes

  
  News Online — Authority: 118
  All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. Swami Vivekananda All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark. Swami Vivekananda As different streams having different sources all ...
  2 weeks ago

• Quote

  
  Random Thoughts — Authority: 100
  Our goal is not to worry about being innovative or successful, but truthful and faithful to Jesus and His good news, and He’ll get the job done.   Mark Driscoll – Mars Hill Church
  2 weeks ago

• 40 Inspirational Quotes On New Beginnings

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 570
  EcoSalon’s favorite 40 quotes on fresh starts and new beginnings. Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. -Henry Ward Beecher In the dim background of our mind, we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.  -William James Begin today. Declare out ...
  3 weeks ago

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