CAN YOU COPYRIGHT A QUOTE

Yes, you can copyright a quote. In most countries, including the United States, original works of authorship, including quotes, are automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are created and fixed in a tangible medium. However, it is important to note that copyright protection does not extend to ideas, concepts, or facts, but rather to the specific expression of them. This means that the particular wording and arrangement of a quote can be protected, but not the underlying idea or concept behind it.

Here are 27 famous quotes that have been copyrighted:

“I have a dream.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker

“Love is not just a noun, it’s a verb; it’s not just a feeling, it’s an action.” – Unknown

“Dance like nobody’s watching.” – William W. Purkey

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth GOOD QUOTES BY ALBERT EINSTEIN

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The only easy day was yesterday.” – Navy SEALs motto

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

“We’re all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one.” – Doctor Who

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb