Alex, your post of the wonderful Bavink quote, along with the Capon quote on the masthead, brings up something I’ve been meaning to ask of the bar:


I collect quotes. I have a huge file full of things I’ve come across. I’ve got software agents that go through the file and try to build a taxonomy based on the quotes content. This is sort of the undercurrent project of my life; I’ve been working on it since I was a kid (with notebooks). Some day, I will publish the most comprehensive subject guide to noteworthy quotes in the history of language. But I need some help.


Could I please request that if you post something here that’s a direct quote, please give it as much attribution as you can? Author, of course, but also either a book name or a link? Please? I’d really appreciate it.