The best and most reliably accurate sources for quotations are still books, and we have a number of them in the library.
Finding Quotations by Subject
REF 081 DICTIONARY
Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations. Syracuse, NY: JG Burke, 1976.
REF 808.88 BRADLEY
Bradley, John P. et al.. The International Dictionary of Thoughts: An Encyclopedia of Quotations From Every Age For Every Occasion. Chicago: JG Ferguson Publishing Company, 1969.
REF 309.173 ROWES
Rowes, Barbara. The Book of Quotes. New York: Dutton, 1979.
Finding Quotations by Author or Time Period
080 BARTLETT
REF 080 BARTLETT
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature. Boston: Little, Brown, 1955.
REF 808.88 OXFORD
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.
For those of you who just can’t stomach a trip to the stacks, there are a lot of quotation sites online, but a lot of them are not very accurate. The ones listed below are better than most. If you do find a quotation elsewhere that you really like, try to see if you can verify it somewhere else (hint: try Googling all or part of the phrase).
