Do You Put Commas Before Quotes & Sayings

We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another, and gain instruction that we may all sit down in heaven together. — Lucy Mack Smith

There is a place in the world for anyone in the world who says, "I'll take care of it." — Harvey MacKay

I seem to be able to just sort of sink and slide under the radar, which is nice. — Daniel Cudmore

If you're disciplining yourself to constantly be at the intersection of many divergent streams of intellectual influence, it's like creating a check and balance set of forces for yourself. You don't need to make independence of thought an act of willpower. You don't need to be like a Marcus Aurelius sort of strong willed high virtue type of person in order to have an independent mind; you have an independent mind my listening to many different people constantly. — Venkatesh Rao

The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in place as you go along. If you try to come back after doing a paragraph and stick them in the various spots that tempt you you will discover that they tend to swarm like minnows into sorts of crevices whose existence you hadn't realized and before you know it the whole long sentence becomes immobilized and lashed up squirming in commas. Better to use them sparingly, and with affection, precisely when the need for each one arises, nicely, by itself. — Lewis Thomas

And then they bid their final goodbye which marked the end of their story. And beginning of two new stories. — Crestless Wave

Those yesterdreams were just a cruel and foolish game we used to play, yester-me, yester-you, yesterday. — Stevie Wonder

That is our fate... One day we lose the person we love. Anyone who is unable to sustain that loss fails as a human being and does not deserve our sympathy. — Sandor Marai

It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things? — Shantideva