Thursday, April 12, 2007

Writing comments in Cards.. Use a Quote!

Ever short of that witty repost in a birthday card.... why not use the references below to search for the ideal congrats comment....

  • http://www.junkfoodforthought.com/ From Jack Tourette, an extensive collection of quotations on a wide range of topics. Includes unusually good citations and brief biographical information for authors.
  • http://webpages.ainet.com/gosner/quotationsarch/ Previously available only by Gopher (anyone remember that?) This is a collection of archived quotations. Some excellent topical collections are included.
  • http://www.theotherpages.org/quote.html By Steve Spanoudis - Many (about 25,000) quotes, organized into 30 loosely-defined categories. Most with attributions. A bit hard to search for specifics, but one of the best pages out there for sheer number of good quotations.
  • http://www.bartleby.com/100/ The classic quotations reference, brought online by Project Bartleby. It's the 10th Edition (c) 1919, but still an excellent resource. Searchable, too! (See our Books page for the current edition of Bartlett's)
  • http://www.greatest-quotations.com Huge amount of quotations, easy searchable by subject, author, theme and at random. The design is minimal but the selection of quotes is impressive.
  • http://www.quotearchive.com A nice collection of "Quotatons and Proverbs from Aeschylus to Zuppke." Formatted and organized well.
  • http://www.quotegallery.com Gallery of more than 8000 famous quotations, categorized and searchable. Well designed and very accessible. Nicely done!
  • http://www.quoteland.com/ This page's title modestly proclaims "Quotations on every topic, by every author, and in every fashion possible." It doesn't quite have *everything*, but there are lots of good quotations here. The author section is excellent. Includes a search engine and random quotations.
  • http://www.quotations.co.uk/ A collection of more than 13500 quotations, with a good search engine. Their search engine found more hits for the word "cabbage" than any other I've tried. They also sell a reasonably-priced software package for finding and organizing quotations.
  • http://www.aphids.com/quotes/index.shtml A large database of quotations. You can browse by subject or author, or search by keyword. Also includes a special collection of quotes on Love and Marriage (mostly positive ones, not cynical ones like you find at our site.)
  • http://chatna.com/ A decent collection of quotations, indexed by author and subject. Includes an assortment of motivational, literary, political and humorous quotations.
  • Http://www.useful-information.info/quotations/famous_quotes.html A collection of famous quotes organized by subject. Mainly positive or humorous quotes suitable to use for speeches, web sites, cards, and celebrations. Nice and readable.
  • http://www.quotablequotes.net Searchable database of several thousand quotations, which you can also browse by topic.
  • http://www.dhq.nu/wanderingmind/index.asp An extensive collection of quotations organized into topical categories. Many unique ones here and I've never seen a "Physiognomy" category anywhere else.
  • http://www.artisanindustrials.com/quotes.html Inspirational quotes to elevate your human spirit.
  • ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/quotes/ The quotations archive at the University of British Columbia - many collections from the net.
  • http://spiritsong.com/quotes/
    A large collection of quotes meant to be read like a book. There is no sort of organization or any search feature, but you can listen to a song by Cyndi Craven while you read the quotes (presuming you haven't sensibly turned off the audio on your browser.)
  • http://bellaonline.com/site/quotations Comprehensive collection of quotes on topics like - love, children, creativity, friendship, inspiration and more...
  • http://www.deepbox.com
  • http://www.myquotations.com/ Go beyond what the typical famous quotations websites allow! Add your own quotes, create your own quotations collection, and so much more at MyQuotations.com.
    http://www.quotableonline.com Quotable Online is a collection of over 12000 quotations that is searchable by author, subject and source.
  • http://www.quotedb.com Over 2,400 sortable and rateable quotes from over 400 authors.
  • http://www.quotegarden.com/ A decent collection of quotes organized by subject and occasion. I've found some unique ones there.
  • http://www.top-quotations.com/ A reasonably large and diverse collection of quotations indexed by author and by subject.

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