About Saidbook

Most quote sites tell you what was said. Saidbook also tells you where it comes from — and how much to trust it.

What makes it different

• Sources. Where Wikiquote records one, each quote shows its book, page, year, letter or speech.
• Credibility labels. Quotes that are disputed, only attributed, or known to be misattributed are marked as such, and every source gets a grade from “Precise citation” to “No source given”.
• Original wording. Quotes first written in German, French, Latin, Chinese and other languages show the original next to the English.
• Misattribution notes. See the misattributed quotes — the ones everyone shares, but the person never said.

Where the data comes from

Quotes, sources and notes come from Wikiquote, the community-edited collection of quotations, and are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. We clean and organise the data automatically and review it by hand where we can, so mistakes are possible. See Copyright and licensing.

What the labels mean

A label reflects what Wikiquote’s editors recorded; it is not our own verdict. “No label” does not mean verified — it means the page did not flag a problem. We never describe a quote as confirmed. If you can improve a source, tell us or edit the quote on Wikiquote itself.