1. Don't quote unless it's beautiful Usually, you should write your paper using your own words, even if you are using ideas taken from books or websites. Use quotes only when you need to keep the exact words of the original writing because it is special or beautiful.
2. Should you quote this? “A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project.” -Wikipedia
3. Should you quote this? “A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project.” -Wikipedia NO!
4. Should you quote this? “If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.” -Oscar Wilde
5. Should you quote this? “If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.” -Oscar Wilde YES!
6. Aboutauthor Hans Anderson 2007-Present: Lecturer at FPT Greenwich Programmes, FPT University. 2007: M.S., Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota 2001: B.A., Computer Science, GustavusAdolphus College, Saint Peter, MN