BrainyQuote: Your Online Stop for Famous Quotes
March 31st 2009 22:32
Quotations: A Writer's Best Friend
We writers just love a good quote -- whether we use it to enhance our own writing or simply read it for the sheer pleasure we experience as we drink in the inspiration ... or relish the wit ... or perhaps revel in the humor ... or marvel at the wisdom inherent in an insightful turn of phrase. In whatever way we may decide to use them, quotations can enrich our lives -- and our writing -- immensely.
That's why I'd like to share a website that offers a plethora of famous quotes, arranged by topic, type of author, specific author, favorite authors, and nationality, to make your search for the quotes that will pique your personal interest that much easier. The ability to browse by author's last name, along with the availability of a quick list of popular authors, adds to the convenience and applicability of the site to a variety of reader -- and writer -- needs. The site even offers quotes for the iPhone and features a Quote of the Moment (which changes every time you revisit or refresh the page), as well as over a hundred quotation trivia quizzes to help keep your mental agility in top form. The site is called BrainyQuote -- a deceptively simple yet highly appropriate title for such a rich repository of intellectual fare.
Quotations for Every Area of Interest and/or Occasion
The BrainyQuote website provides quotations on numerous topics, such as business, education, imagination, intelligence, success, and wisdom, to name but a few which might appeal to the writer's creative side. Some of the author types quoted in the type-of-author category are artist, author, journalist, musician, philosopher, and yes -- even writer. My only disappointment is that the site doesn't offer a collection of quotes on the topic of writing, rather than simply providing quotes that originated with writers -- since we all know there's a vast difference between the two.
How About a Regular (Daily) Dose of Brainy Quotes?
One added dimension of this site is that you may also pick up a string of code which allows you to display a Quote of the Day from one of several selected types of daily quote generators on your own website or blog. This is a great way to share the wit and wisdom of some of the better-known -- and some of the not-so-well-recognized -- personages of our times. Displaying a quote a day gives readers more time to ponder each quotation more fully, gaining maximum value from its insights, rather than overwhelming our visitors with too many intellectual gems to assimilate at a single sitting.
The Quote of the Day Widget Here at Writer's Notes
You may have noticed the quotes currently displayed each day in my left sidebar. (If you haven't, why not take a look.) The quotes displayed here come from the general Quote of the Day category of the BrainyQuote website (though at some point, I may decide to try a different daily quote type). Other Quote of the Day types include Art Quotes, Funny Quotes, Love Quotes, and Nature Quotes.
BrainyQuote: A Fount of Wisdom to Visit or Take "Home"
The fact that the site doesn't offer quotes about writing is really a rather minor imperfection. Aside from that, it has a great deal to offer -- both to those who simply want to visit and peruse (and definitely bookmark) the site and those who prefer to give their blog's or website's readers a daily dose of verbal wisdom by posting the automated Quote-of-the-Day widget in their sidebars.
So, why not visit the BrainyQuote site and get your daily dose of wisdom and inspiration? You might even decide to bring some brainy quotes back to your own home page and give your readers some daily food for thought -- aside from the tempting intellectual fare you already provide, that is.
Happy quoting!
Jeanne
Did you enjoy this post? What are your personal thoughts on quotations? How do you prefer to have your quotations served up: all at once, one at a time, in limited groups of related remarks, more than one of the above, or ? What do you think of today's Quote of the Day? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Comment by cherylwright
Comment by Karen Swim
BrainyQuote is one of my favorite quote sites. I use them for blog quotes, client pieces, and so much more. It is a great site! You always share such great resources with us too, thank you for being brainy and gracious.
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Comment by Jeanne Dininni
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I totally agree with you! I love quotations and really enjoy sharing all the quotation sites I come across in my Internet travels.
Thanks so much for stopping by to read and comment!
Jeanne
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
So good to see you! Thanks for dropping by to talk quotations! BrainyQuote really has so much to offer that it would be a shame to keep it to ourselves! It truly is a wonderful resource for writers and readers alike!
Thanks again for the visit--and the kind words!
Jeanne
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
I believe you're right. With such a wide range of offerings, this site will certainly serve the writer well! Happy to help the "cause" of writers everywhere!
Thanks for the visit!
Jeanne
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Glad to hear that you like BrainyQuote, too--but that really shouldn't surprise me, should it? It's a great place to find the collected wisdom of the ages--and, believe me, I certainly do understand your reluctance to leave once you get started exploring the site! With so much wisdom buried there, it's bound to require a somewhat long-term expedition to uncover it all!
Hopefully, many of the site's visitors will learn enough from these great quotes to actually improve their own lives, the lives of others, and possibly even the world at large. That would certainly be a fantastic outcome!
Thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts!
Jeanne
Comment by Robyn McMaster
While I do not do that every time I write it is a great way to launch your ideas now and again.
Thanks for excellent insights.
I am tagging you for a meme to reveal seven things about yourself that others do not know. This is about my fifth response to this meme and I'm taking the challenge of this one just to help Jan Curry launch a new blog. I'm posting it this afternoon.
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
I've often thought of basing an entire post on a quote and think it's a great idea!
Thanks for the meme tag. Not sure I'll be able to tackle it (or any of the other memes or group writing projects I have backed up right now), though. Because my mom is experiencing some extreme health challenges right now, I've been online a lot more infrequently than usual--as you've likely noticed by my practically nonexistent posting schedule here at Writer's Notes of late. I do appreciate your thinking of me, though; and, if there's any possible way that I can complete the meme, I will.
Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!
Jeanne
Comment by cherylwright
So sorry to hear about your Mom. I'll remember her in my prayers and you too as you care for her.
God bless.
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
You have no idea how much that means to me.
Blessings,
Jeanne
Comment by cherylwright