My Professional Recommendation
Never take a quote away from its context. Explore the risk of Quote mining
This leads to misrepresentation of people’s work. This can have dangerous implications in science communication, politics, and areas in which the truth is important. This is why citations are so important. It allows everyone to verify that ideas are faithfully represented represented.
My Favorites and their Context
Quote: “A quote without context is like saying ‘bubble milk tea with no bubbles. It’s just milk tea and we can easily make that at home.”
Context: original creation, this document. I, the creator, caution all against sharing quotes without context.
Quote: “I’m not out for blood, I am out for truth.”
ContextQuote: “Trust But Verify”
Context: According to Wikipedia, originated in a russian proverb then was applied to nuclear disarmament. It has had many uses since then, including programming.
“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language”
Ludwig Wittgenstein, a philosopher, when talking about the relationship between language and reality
“when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...”
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark