Widely attributed, unreferenced Gandhi quotation: "I like your Christ..." Authentic? [more inside]
posted by goethean on Sep 9, 2009 - 5 answers

Occasionally I find myself regretting and second-guessing decisions I've made in the past. Whenever this happens, it naturally wreaks havoc on my happiness and self-esteem. I'd like to be able to cheer myself up during such times. What are your favorite quotations about letting go of the past/looking toward the future/stopping regret/living in the present/etc.?
posted by punchdrunkhistory on May 22, 2009 - 23 answers

Who was it who first said that (paraphrasing) "the American black man is the most imitated man in the world"? [more inside]
posted by CRM114 on Mar 2, 2009 - 9 answers

MovieQuoteFilter: I'm trying to find the origin of a quote from Waking Life and I'm starting to think it's either misattributed or simply wrong. Help! [more inside]
posted by valkyryn on Jan 28, 2009 - 4 answers

Some journalist once said something to the effect of, "What happened today that didn't happen yesterday. That's what news is. Start typing." Who was the journalist, and what was the exact quote? [more inside]
posted by grrarrgh00 on Sep 4, 2008 - 2 answers

What's the best way of keeping track of a large collection of Quotes? What I really want is a searchable collection of short to long quotes on a large variety of topics that can be categorized/tagged. I'd also love it if it could be online, self contained or use a standard like Office so that I could access it via the internet or my external drive from wherever I'm at. Is there a product or service that does this that I've overlooked or a great workflow using existing software that makes this easy? [more inside]
posted by chrisWhite on Feb 25, 2007 - 17 answers

What are your favorite literary passages that you've memorized? [more inside]
posted by sixacross on Aug 1, 2006 - 113 answers

I'm looking for Hitler quotes that are perfectly normal. Stuff like "I'm going to have lunch now."
posted by Tlogmer on Jun 23, 2006 - 21 answers

A couple of times recently I have heard a quotation that goes something like "whenever a man offers me a flyer in the street I always take one, because when he's given them all out he can go home." Once I heard it attributed to George Orwell, and the other time to Somerset Maugham. I've googled to the best of my ability and can't find the quote or the speaker. Any ideas?
posted by hazyjane on Jun 18, 2004 - 14 answers

Hunt the quote. For weeks I've been trying to track down a sort of litany about how much better life is in France, "because the wine is cheaper", or something like that. I thought it was Kingsley Amis, but it's not, and Google has let me down. Let loose the literary boozehounds!
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen on May 29, 2004 - 3 answers

Hunting down the source of a Tennyson quotation. [more inside] [more inside]
posted by rorycberger on May 12, 2004 - 10 answers