“Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?”
-Henry Morton Stanley

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As our faithful readers are aware, we preface many of our postings with a quotation that feels appropriate to the subject matter. Our critics scoff, claiming the practice to be one of smoke and mirrors, done only to associate our humble scribblings with the words of much greater men and women. We prefer to think of it as a tip of the hat as it were, to the spirit of so many personalities that live on within the simple combinations of sound and word.
There are many resources to find quotations in print and online. Online can be as easy as doing a keyword search of the speaker or subject matter along with the words ‘quote’ or ‘quotation’. There are also many websites which have compiled large lists. A few we like are:

• The quotations page.
• Think Exist
• Quote Geek
• Bartleby

In print, besides just quoting a source directly, there are many resources. Some good ones are (links open in Amazon):

• The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
• Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)
• Quotable Quotes

From Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill there is a world of history, humor and inspiration to be found within a simple set of quotation marks. Enjoy.

“I didn’t really say everything I said.” - Yogi Berra

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