Saturday, July 30, 2016

Quotes

     Today I noticed a quote that would have fit my previous post. In my last post I got on the topic of
unity rather than division. My example was that it's easy to ignore skateboarders but at what cost.

     I was doing the cryptoquote yesterday, and this was the quote. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. -Maya Angelou

    After Angelou's quote, I feel guilty. A friend has been very ill. He shares his facebook page with his wife. I was telling his wife to keep us posted on Willis's condition. Then I thought, Willis is reading this and I'm talking about him not to him. Embarrassing?

    I thought , why didn't I think of finding a quote to go along with my post?

    Now there are many excellent blogs that use quotes to great effect. One photography blog The Smitten Image, has a very suitable post with each photo. Some blogs, Button's Thoughts, Just another Day on the Prairie, start with a good quote.

   So now I've talked myself into thinking about quotes for my posts. That's going to be a challenge because some of my posts are so odd it may be hard to find a good quote.

    Do you use quotes? What blogs do you read that make excellent use of posts?


17 comments:

  1. I do use quotes fairly often but not in every post. I see quotes on blogs I read from time to time too.

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    1. A good quote really puts a good touch on a blog.

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  2. I don't quote, as you know. What I love are the different styles of bloggers. I adore your stories, sans quotes! You are so human and humane!

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    1. One thing that makes blogging interesting is that each blog has it's own style!

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  3. I think about it sometimes, but I don't use quotes. It's fun to see what other people come up with, though. Are you going to start doing it? :-)

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    1. I'm thinking about it but as you know. I think a lot and don't get much done!!!

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  4. I sometimes use quotes if they fit the post I'm working on. They can be quite effective.

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    1. I agree that quotes can be very effective. I think some good research has to be done to find the good quote.

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  5. Just got through Smittens last post.Hillary has a good source for her selections.

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  6. I don't use quotes very often but I do enjoy them. One of my favorites is by Oscar Wilde: You'd might as well be yourself because everyone else is taken.

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    1. Great quote by Wilde. Wilde had reasons for that quote.

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  7. I do quote people as to sometimes enhance a story or to help making the point. When I teach younger kids in English LIt. they hear me explain people by telling them what I remember that they said. Usually my quoting is of pretty much trivial thoughts rather than deep thinking.

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    1. Quotes certainly enhance. I'll bet the kids sit up and listen when quotes ae made. I always had a Quote of the day on my chalk board. most kids ignored it but some never missed it.

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  8. I use quotes rarely, and sometimes adapt a quote.

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