Quoting
Voltaire may be right that "a witty quote proves nothing" but a command of apt quotes can make your points more powerfully than you could with your words alone.
The more quotes you know relavent to the ideas you care about and the better you are able to summon ones relavent to conversation, the stronger your rhetorical skills will be.
Quoting is a powerful way of supporting mediums of words like talking, writing and speaking.
So start collecting quotes!
A quote collecting campaign is a useful thing for a web site to do. Random quotes can be displayed or quotes attached to emails that the site sends just like message signatures.
You can post quotes to EmpowerThyself.com as .
Quotation Sources
Wikiquote
Wikiquote is a huge database of quotes you can edit
Quoting
lxpk’s personal skill (something lxpk has learned or wants to learn) posted by lxpk Sat, 2008-03-29 22:22Pocket Note Book
inventory posted by BulbMedia Sun, 2007-12-30 22:48
I always carry a notebook and pen around.
I record memorable thoughts, ideas, quotes, lists, and other stuff.
I have found it to be a valuable asset, and will continue to carry one with me for the rest of my life.
I recommend getting this type: