Strange Wondrous Quotes & Quotations
Browse or search a huge collection of quotes on just about every topic imaginable.
Topics that are especially well represented here — much more so than most collections — are those related to science & physics, mathematics, computer science & computers, philosophy, and the sciences and humanities in general (under many other subjects).
Some other favorite subjects are books & reading, cognitive bias, consciousness, discovery, genius, happiness, learning, literature, madness, poetry, programming, reality, reason, truth, thought & thinking, understanding, wisdom, and writing.
There are many passages and extended excerpts from fiction and poetry, as well as all the usual suspects, such as famous quotes, inspirational quotes, aphorisms, etc.
Use the search page to search for particular terms, phrases, authors, or combinations of the above, or use the browse pages to browse all quotes by author or subject. Enjoy!
Example Searches:
- men war peace: quotations involving any or all of men, war, and peace.
- war AND peace AND men: quotations involving ALL three of men, war, and peace.
- quotations OR quotes: quotations about quotations and/or quotes.
- shakespeare: quotations about Shakespeare by anyone.
- lastName:shakespeare: all quotations by Shakespeare.
- lastName:shakespeare AND (love OR reason): quotations by Shakespeare about love or reason.
- subject:mathematics: quotations on the subject of mathematics.
- subject:"computer science" AND lastName:perlis: quotations by Perlis that are tagged with the subject 'computer science'.
- "truth beauty"~3: quotations containing both 'truth' and 'beauty' within 3 words of each other.
- "brain is wider than the sky": quotations containing the phrase 'brain is wider than the sky'; note that punctuation does not need to be exact.
- poetrey~: A fuzzy search on the term 'poetrey', which finds similar but not not necessarily exact matches. This query finds quotes containing 'poetry', 'portray', 'poverty', and other similar terms.
- history AND lastName:Churchhill~ : a fuzzy search that finds quotes about history by Winston Churchill even though we misspelled his name. Try this if you're not sure of a spelling.
- (lastName:Wheeler AND firstName:John) OR subject:"Wheeler, John": quotations by John Wheeler about anything or by anybody about John Wheeler.