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.

Of these, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, The Yale Book of Quotations and The MacMillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases are considered among the most reliable and comprehensive sources.

Quotations of the supposed spoonerism are wildly variable in detail on what was said, when it was said or even who the announcer was, but there is no evidence to confirm the truth of the story.

Some researchers claim that as many as 5 to 6. 5 billion copies of Quotations were printed, however, these claims appear to be dubious and are not corroborated by governmental Chinese reports.

In certain situations, the Quotations is given as a gift, for example, when public funds are involved, or when personal events arise, such as congratulating newlyweds, and so on.

Quotations are translated from Messiaen's Preface to the score.

Quotations are non-binding and part of the negotiation process.

In the fifteenth edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ( 1980 ), nine sections of " Ulysses ", comprising 36 of the poem's 70 lines, are quoted, compared to only six in the ninth edition ( 1891 ).

Quotations are from George F. Kennan, The Marquis de Custine and his Russia in 1839, Princeton University Press, 1971.

Quotations: My career goals are the same as those of every staff member in Yaohua.

vi ) was the origin of the oft-quoted maxim, “ The absent are always in the wrong .” Bergen Evans, in his Dictionary of Quotations, said:

Quotations from this work are found in his commentary on Ecclesiastes ; in Neubauer, " Cat.

Quotations from the Course are reported to have been used as a ground for decisions of the Civil Board of the Senate.

Quotations from Chinese classics ( as can be seen here ), and English proverb s, are carved on them.

Quotations or sample sentences are offered with many words.

Quotations from the Qur ' an are taken from the Abdullah Yusuf ` Ali translation.

( Quotations are from the 1994 GAO report )".

The systems also came with a number of smaller built-in applications such as the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Oxford Quotations, the complete works of William Shakespeare, and the Digital Librarian search engine to access them.

According to a 60 Minutes profile, he is also the most quoted living man in The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations.

* Quentin Crisp's Book of Quotations, also published as The Gay and Lesbian Quotation Book: a literary companion, ( 1989 ) edited by Quentin Crisp, Hale, 185 pages ISBN 0-7090-5605-2.

The existence of such a solution has been considered " unlikely " until 1991, and by many experts also later, due to misunderstanding of the CO solution ( see Quotations in Global serializability ).

He is also the author of the children's book, The Frightful Food Feud, and has edited, among other books, The Pooh Sketchbook and The Pooh Book of Quotations and The Wisdom of C. S. Lewis.

It is also included in the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations.

Though mainly a golf writer, he also occasionally wrote on cricket, and prefaced the first edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

It was very popular throughout the 19th century — its popularity was sufficient for two quotations to appear in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and for Lewis Carroll to refer to it in his poem Melancholetta.

In May 1964, the PLA General Political Department ( Chinese: 总政治部 ), the chief political organ under Central Military Commission, revised Quotations, adding a half title page with the slogan " Workers of the world, unite!

Shapiro does not regard the new discovery as conclusively settling the question, but will list the Serenity Prayer under Niebuhr ’ s name in the next edition of the Yale Book of Quotations.

Bufe has written some aphorisms under the pseudonym " Robert Tefton " which appear in an anthology he edited, " The Heretics's Handbook of Quotations " ( self-published in 1998, and in an expanded edition in 2001 ).

It is said that for some people, keeping the Quotations at home is a psychological burden, because they cannot dispose of it, and if it is inadvertently stained or soiled, it likely will cause considerable offense.

Lin directed the compilation of some of Chairman Mao's writings into a handbook, the Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong, which became known as the Little Red Book.

Their writing style, as they described it, was to write down the first thing that came into their heads, lifting words and phrases from the Concise Oxford Dictionary, a Collected Shakespeare, and a Dictionary of Quotations: " We opened books at random, choosing a word or phrase haphazardly.

And they practically raise themselves, what with the Internet and all ", entered The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations in August 2007.

The Quotations live in concert at the Benedum Center, PennsylvaniaThe contribution of Hispanics to these groups is often overlooked.

" Quotations " from this fictional book were often used to set the tone of chapters of the novels.

Mr B's son Irwin ( Richard Brestoff ), a left-wing college student who smokes pot in the men's restroom and carries around a copy of Quotations from Chairman Mao, insists on spending a day with the " working class " employees, since he considers them " brothers " in the " struggle ", but as he gets ready to go to work he sets off motion sensors which give him the first " human car wash ", which he takes in a good-natured ( if pot-induced ) stride.

Yale Book of Quotations ( New Haven, Conn .: Yale University Press ).

* The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations ( Oxford University Press, 5th ed., 1999 ).

Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1, 000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers ( And Writers, Politicians Comedians, Browsers ) ( 1995 ).

Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1, 000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers ( And Writers, Politicians Comedians, Browsers ).

" Fred R. Shapiro, in The Yale Book of Quotations ( 2006 ), disputes the attribution based on a claim that it first appeared in a book published in 1935, but it is ascribed to Wilkes in Henry Brougham's Historical Sketches ( 1844 ), related from Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, who claims to have been present, as well as in Charles Marsh's Clubs of London ( 1828 ).

That year, he was appointed to revise and enlarge Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ( 11th edition in 1937 and 12th edition in 1948 ).

" Béla Bartók, frustrated with the popularity of the piece, parodies the ostinato from the " invasion " theme of the first movement of the symphony in the fourth movement, Intermezzo interrotto, of his Concerto for Orchestra ( see Quotations and Allusions below ).

Quotations break off one word past each page break and then significantly change in tone and character ( more readily apparent in the unpublished Russian ).

" It is said to have been inspired in part by The Little Red Book ( Quotations from Chairman Mao ).

Southey's version of the quote was taken up by John Bartlett ( 1820-1905 ), the compiler of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ( ninth edition, 1902, p. 853 ).

" is credited to Griffith in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ( 16th edition, 1992 ).