Quotations

Last updated February 22, 2008

Maintained by: Dennis Lien d-lien@tc.umn.edu

Oxford Reference Online

This resource brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource.

Columbia World of Quotations

A browsable database of 65,000 quotations in 6,500 subject areas, searchable by authors, subjects, words, titles, and dates.

Quoteland.com

Search and browse for quotations by topic. Also includes literary quotations, quotations by author, and some audio.

Simpson's Comtemporary Quotations

Comprising over 10,000 quotations from 4,000 sources, Simpson includes 25 categories and 60 sections ranging from "love" to "criminology." This comprehensive reference contains words of wit and wisdom from such modern notables as Ezra Pound, Henry Kissinger, George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, and Desmond Tutu.

Quotez

Search 13,500 quotations by keyword, author, etc.

Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service

In fulfilling decades of requests from Members of Congress for citation of quotations, the Library of Congress compiled the most frequently asked questions of the legislature for the edification of every citizen.

Writer's Resource: Quotations on Quote Sites

Links to dozens of other sites for quotations, .sigfiles, etc.