Odds are, if you’ve looked at Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media platform in the past week, you’ve seen a quote of some kind. People seem to love quotes over pretty photos even more than they once loved books containing quotes before the Internet was really much of a thing. There was a time when it was hard to not see a motivational quote on a middle manager’s wall meant to inspire all those who entered, no matter the reason. Some people even quote themselves.

So…we decided to do an episode about quotes.
– Christopher and Shawn

We begin with the first quote we remember reading or seeing, and then talk about whether or not we’re fans of quotes.

Most quotes are attributed to famous people, but must that always be the case? And speaking of managers with the dreaded Successories motivational poster in a frame on the wall, how does business speak differ from quotes…if they even differ at all?

No matter where you stand on the quote fandom spectrum, at some point, quotes can become little more than platitudes. We discuss where that point occurs before discussing the worst platitude we’ve experienced or seen. We take it even further and discuss whether or not motivational quotes can be damaging.

After that, we talk about social media’s affect on the popularity of quotes; then: are people who dislike motivational quotes inherently negative people? And…who decides that a quote is worthy of sticking around?

We close out this week’s show with the funniest quotes we’ve ever heard and our all-time favorite quotes.

Feel free to quote yourself and reply about this episode in the comments below.

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