Noun

quotations

  1. Plural form of quotation.
Category: English plurals

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Sat Jul 31 12:00:53 2010

A quotation is the repetition of one expression as part of another one, particularly when the quoted expression is well-known or explicitly attributed (as by citation) to its original source, and it is indicated by (punctuated with) quotation marks.

A quotation can also refer to the repeated use of units of any other form of expression, especially parts of artistic works: elements of a painting, scenes from a movie or sections from a musical composition.

The rest of this article addresses only written or oral quotations.

Reasons for using quotations

Quotations are used for a variety of reasons: to illuminate the meaning or to support the arguments of the work in which it is being quoted, to provide direct information about the work being quoted (whether in order to discuss it, positively or negatively, to pay homage to the original work or author, to make the user of the quotation seem well-read), and/or to comply with copyright law. Quotations are also commonly printed as a means of inspiration and to invoke philosophical thoughts from the reader.

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Wed Jul 28 22:26:23 2010

How do i figure out what quotations mean quicker?
Q. Hi, i am on the speech team for my college and i am doing impromptu. this event has you read a quotation analyze it and make a speech about it in two minutes. my problem is that most of the time i don't know what the quote really means and my speech doesnt make sense to the quotation. they say analyze the quotation within the first 30 seconds. Does anyone know a way or a technique to help with this problem. I don't know what to do!
Asked by moe_adas - Tue Feb 19 18:46:54 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. hey im on the speech and debate team too usually in impromptu you are given a choice of a quote, a word and a statistic if you have trouble with quotes than dont pick them id say your best bet is to do whatever to relate the quote to your own life and quotes mean something different to each person so you can say whatever you want and pretty much get away with it
Answered by serena - Tue Feb 19 21:30:09 2008

Are there any Shakespeare quotations than pertain to birth or new life?
Q. Im writiting a speech on shakespeare and need a quotation to act as a symbol of his birth.
Asked by The Lone Trumpeter - Tue Jan 1 17:11:07 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Shakespeare links and general study sites: ** the best ** shakespeare navigators! Idioms, Quotes and Sayings. good sites with origins. AllGreatQuotes - Famous Quotes and Quotations
Answered by Lazarus. - Tue Jan 1 18:03:20 2008

Where could I buy posters with Ayn Rand quotations?
Q. Does anybody know? I'd specifically like the quotation: "I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for the sake of mine." -John Galt Thank you!
Asked by Anonymous - Thu Aug 6 14:48:51 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A.
Answered by 12 Syllogisms - Thu Aug 6 16:28:00 2009

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  • It needs no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.
  • The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn’t make any sense if quoted as it stands.
    • Robert Benchley, in "Quick Quotations" in My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew (1936)
  • Life itself is a quotation.
    • Jorge Luis Borges, quoted in Cool Memories (1987) by Jean Baudrillard, (trans. 1990) Ch. 5
  • At all events, the next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.
    • Christopher N. Bovee, Thoughts, Feelings, and Fancies (1857)
  • Quotations can be valuable, like raisins in the rice pudding, for adding iron as well as eye appeal.
  • The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other very well.
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