Quotations Weblog

Welcome! This new feature of our site is a weblog that will feature daily writings by Michael and Laura Moncur about quotations, quotable people, literature, and other topics related to our site, The Quotations Page.

We’ve actually had two “weblogs” on this site since 1997:

• The “Latest Updates and News” section of the home page, where we posted updates about the site
• The Quotes of the Week feature, which started in 1997 and was later known as “Special Features” and “Articles”

This weblog consolidates those older items into a single place. More importantly, we’ll be writing new items daily. The following are topics we plan to cover:

• Updates about the site
• New quotations recently added to the site
• What particular quotations mean, or what they mean to us
• Motivational quotations and inspiration
• Biographies and facts about quotable people
• Observations on current and classic literature
• Quotations for special occasions and holidays
• Answers to your quotation questions

While our Quotes of the Day are chosen by a computer, the weblog will have something new for you every weekday, written by an actual human being. We hope you enjoy it.

Let us know what you think! If you’re a member of our forum, you can comment here. Otherwise drop us a line.

I think about this quotation a lot. I work a full time job in addition to all the writing that I do and sometimes I fantasize about what my life would be like if I could just quit my full time job and write full time. This quote always comes to mind when I do.

I imagine a life completely devoted to writing to be as fun as when I’m writing at home after a long day at work. I also write in the early morning before I go to work. I spend most of my free time writing and it is a relaxing escape for me. Would it be like that if I were to quit my full time job?

Not according to William Shakespeare. If all I had to do was write, writing would be as tedious as work. He must have experienced this phenomenon. He must have had a time in his life when he was expected to live a life of leisure. I wonder how he learned that a life of leisure can be as taxing as a life of labor.

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The US celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. day today. King’s actual birthday was January 15th. Read our Martin Luther King Jr. quotations or visit The King Center to find out more about Dr. King and how you can help further his philosophy.