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. 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 “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 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 “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! NO! Should you quote this? “Ifyouwanttotellpeoplethetruth,makethemlaugh,otherwisethey'llkillyou.” -OscarWilde “Ifyouwanttotellpeoplethetruth,makethemlaugh,otherwisethey'llkillyou.” -OscarWilde Should you quote this? “Ifyouwanttotellpeoplethetruth,makethemlaugh,otherwisethey'llkillyou.” -OscarWilde “Ifyouwanttotellpeoplethetruth,makethemlaugh,otherwisethey'llkillyou.” -OscarWilde YES! YES! About author Hans Anderson  2007-Present: Lecturer at FPT Greenwich Programmes, FPT University.  2007: M.S., Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota  2001: B.A., Computer Science, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN . Don't quote unless it's beautiful  Usually, you should write your paper using your own. websites.  Use quotes only when you need to keep the exact words of the original writing because it is special or beautiful. Should you quote this? “AGantt