Wikiquote
Wikiquote is a free, collaborative quotation reference site run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation.
What Wikiquote is
Wikiquote is a free, collaborative quotation reference site run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. Its English edition has more than 72,000 articles, and it links to editions in many languages. Readers can look up quotations or browse material grouped around people, literary works, proverbs, films, television shows, themes, and categories. Search may be temporarily unavailable when Wikimedia servers are under heavy load. Anyone can edit an entry or create an article, with help pages and contributor guidelines available to support participation. The content is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License. CC BY-SA permits commercial and other reuse when the share-alike terms are retained and the source is credited, usually with a link. The site includes citation tools and text and image content. Since quotations are stored in wiki articles, it does not provide a practical way to retrieve individual quotes directly for random quote generation. Wikiquote is available on the web, and its plan is free.
Good
- Free quotation compendium
- More than 72,000 English articles
- Browse by people, works, themes, and categories
- Anyone can edit or create articles
- Citation tools and text and image content
Watch out
- Search may be unavailable during heavy server load
- No practical direct retrieval for random quotes
- Content may include offensive or profane material
Who it suits
Wikiquote suits readers looking for quotations by topic or source, as well as contributors who want to edit or create entries. It may also help people reusing quotations who can meet its attribution and share-alike terms.
Verdict
Wikiquote combines a large, collaboratively maintained quotation collection with browsing, search, and citation tools. Its article-based structure is less suited to applications that need a direct feed of individual quotes for random selection.
Plans and prices
From Wikiquote's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Wikiquote | Free | Free quotation compendium · collaboratively written |
The facts
Each one read from Wikiquote's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Browsing
- Wikiquote organizes entries around people, literary works, proverbs, films, television shows, themes, and categories.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Content license
- Wikiquote content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Content limitation
- Wikiquote may contain content some users consider offensive, vulgar, or profane.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Contributions
- The project supports creating articles and editing existing pages, with help pages and contributor policies and guidelines.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- The English Wikiquote contains more than 72,000 articles and the site links to many language editions.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Anyone can edit an entry by clicking its edit link.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project describes itself alongside Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary, and Wikidata.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Organization
- Wikiquote is run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Wikiquote links to the Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy, which explains how personal information is collected, used, and shared on Wikimedia Sites.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Wikiquote is a free compendium of quotations written collaboratively by readers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Random quote limit
- Wikiquote does not provide a practical way to pull individual quotations directly for random quote generation because quotations are stored in wiki articles.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Reuse
- Wikiquote material may be reused commercially or otherwise under CC BY-SA if users preserve the share-alike freedom and credit the source, usually with a link to the article.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Search
- Users can search Wikiquote for a quotation and browse matching articles, although search may be temporarily disabled when Wikimedia servers are heavily loaded.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- Wikiquote directs questions about how to use the site to the Village pump and general knowledge questions to the Reference Desk.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2003checked 28 Sep 2026
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