Quotations are powerful tools for speaking – and living!

I believe in the power of quotes.  Quotes are an extremely effective tool to enhance one’s talk. So much so that I have a web site devoted to quotes.

For fun I looked up some quotations about quotes as they can pertain to their value in speaking. Here are some of my favorites:

Books of quotation are not only of importance to the reader for what they contain of matured thought, but also for what they suggest. Our brains receive the spark and become luminous, like inflammable material by the contact of flint and steel. ~Maturin M. Ballou, Edge-Tools of Speech, 1886

An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb

The short sayings of the wise and good men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the sparks of diamonds. ~Attributed to Tillotson in A Dictionary Of Thoughts: Being A Cyclopedia Of Laconic Quotations From The Best Authors Of The World, Both Ancient And Modern (1908)

A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb

A beautiful verse, an apt remark, or a well-turned phrase, appropriately quoted, is always effective and charming. ~Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond du Deffand

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it. ~Anatole France, “The Creed”

I love quotes because good quotes are vitamins for the brain! ~Patrick Driessen

I swim across a sea of quotes, splashing in the words and riding the waves of wisdom. ~Terri Guillemets

A proper collection of quotations is the whole world digested. ~Terri Guillemets

You might not be able to answer a question with a question but you can always answer a question with a quote! ~Hunter Brinkmeier

For me, quotes go way beyond enhancing my talk. They enhanced, and I’d go so far as to say, saved my life.