They Said So — Inspiring Quotes

# They Said So - Service Overview > They Said So is world's top inspirational quotes platform with over a million famous quotes from history's greatest thinkers, authors, leaders, and visionaries. The service provides both a browsable web experience and a REST API enabling developers to integrate quotes, authors, and daily inspiration into their own apps. They Said So have been serving the world for more than 15+ years. ## What They Said So does - Serves over a million famous quotes across 500+ categories including wisdom, humor, love, success, philosophy, and more - Provides a Quote of the Day (QOD) with curated daily quotes per category and language - Organises quotes by author — browse or search quotes from thousands of named authors - Organises quotes by topic/tag — explore quotes on any subject from friendship to leadership - Generates shareable quote images combining quote text with curated backgrounds and fonts - Offers curated QShows — themed collections of quotes built by the community - Provides a Bible verse API for random verses, verse-of-the-day, and scripture search - Provides a REST API for all quote data with JSON, XML, and JSONP format support ## API - [API Overview](https://theysaidso.com/api): Full REST API for quotes, authors, categories, and daily inspiration - [Inspiration API](https://theysaidso.com/api/inspiration): Daily inspiration feed by type - Free tier: limited access for testing purposes - Paid plans available for higher volume usage - Authentication: pass API key as `?api_key=YOUR_KEY` or as `Authorization: Bearer <key>` header ## Quotes API - [Random Quote](https://theysaidso.com/api/quote/random): Fetch a random quote, optionally filtered by category or author - [Quote of the Day](https://theysaidso.com/api/qod): Today's curated quote; supports 500+ category filters and multiple languages - [QOD Categories](https://theysaidso.com/api/qod/categories): List all available Quote of the Day categories - [QOD Languages](https:/