Newburgh Enlarged City School District
"Incorrect Punctuation of Quotations "

Mini-Lesson

Directions: Write in the correct punctuation for the following quotations.

1. When all men think alike, no one thinks very much said Walter Lippmann

2. Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open said Lord Thomas Dewar

3 Beverly Sills said You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.

4. If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded observed Maya Angelou

5. Albert Einstein said Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value

6. Wear the old coat and buy the new book suggested Austin Phelps

7. Mark Twain remarked The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them

8. The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live said Flora Whittemore

9. Anne Landers said Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them

10. Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are observed Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

11. Richard Bach recommended Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

12. The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live said Joan Borysenko

13. Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself counsels a Chinese Proverb

14. When you choose your friends, don’t be short-changed by choosing personality over character warned W. Somerset Maugham

15. You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses said Ziggy

16. In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer rejoiced Albert Camus

17. Buddha taught He is able who thinks he is able