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1911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said: Many Amusingly Illuminated by Antique Etchings and Line Cuts
by Robert Byrne

ISBN 0449902854 (0-449-90285-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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From Plato to Groucho, this comprehensive edition features some of the most quotable people who ever lived. They are the famous, infamous, the little-known, and the unknown, inspired enough by life to comment on it, and smart enough to be clever about it.
"Like eating peanuts--once you start it's hard to stop."
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"You'll love this book and read its lines aloud to helpless friends."
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  Softcover, Ballantine Books
The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
by Robert Byrne

ISBN 0743235797 (0-7432-3579-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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The 2548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
by Robert Byrne

ISBN 0883659603 (0-88365-960-3)
Hardcover, BBS Publishing Corporation

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The Book of Poisonous Quotes
by Colin Jarman

ISBN 0809236818 (0-8092-3681-8)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill

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A wickedly entertaining collection of caustic quips and witty criticisms.
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- The Book of Poisonous Quotes: ISBN 0809236818 (0-8092-3681-8)
  Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
A Collection of Familiar Quotations
by John Bartlett

ISBN 0806502509 (0-8065-0250-9)
Softcover, Citadel Pr

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The Complete Live and Learn and Pass It On
by Brown, H. Jackson, Jr.

ISBN 1558535829 (1-55853-582-9)
Hardcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas

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All three volumes of the best-selling Live and Learn and Pass It On series are contained in this deluxe leather-bound hardcover edition, full of the wisdom of people age 5 to 95. Perfect for any gift-giving occasion.
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The Complete Live and Learn and Pass It on
by H. Jackson Brown

ISBN 1558535845 (1-55853-584-5)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc

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The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce

ISBN 1595479406 (1-59547-940-6)
Softcover, Nuvision Pubns

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The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work. Portions of it were published in the San Francisco Wasp as a weekly column and in The Cynic's Word Book of 1906. Finally published in its entirety in 1911, the definitions found therein are as apt today as they were nearly a century ago. An example: "HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for advantage of the lawyers." [via]
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Devils Dictionary 365 Day Calendar 2006
by Ambrose Bierce

ISBN 0764931156 (0-7649-3115-6)
Softcover, Pomegranate Communications

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Diccionario Del Diablo
by Ambrose Bierce

ISBN 8497644751 (84-9764-475-1)
Softcover, Edimat Libros

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Este diccionario tambien puede recortarse por terminos y ser leido a modo de entretenimeinto familiar, o armar un juego de loteria con el mismo. [via]
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Dictionary of Quotations
by Bergen Evans

ISBN 0517262800 (0-517-26280-0)
Hardcover, Avenel Books

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This comprehensive compendium of famous and clever sayings--arranged alphabetically according to topic and author--contains a quotation for every occasion. [via]
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- Dictionary of Quotations: ISBN 0517268094 (0-517-26809-4)
  Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Expanded Quotable Einstein
by Albert Einstein, Alice Calaprice

ISBN 0691070210 (0-691-07021-0)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
by John Bartlett, Justin Kaplan

ISBN 0316084603 (0-316-08460-3)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co

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This 16th edition of the book, first published in 1855, has been expanded to include more than 20,000 quotations and more than 340 new authors both historical and contemporary - from Russell Baker, The Doors, Elvis, Nadine Gordimer, Stephen Hawking, Primo Levi, Norman Mailer, Salman Rushdie, the Talmud, Alice Walker and Elie Wiesel. This edition has been revised and edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Justin Kaplan. [via]
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Father Timothy A. Kavanagh
by Jan Karon

ISBN 014200197X (0-14-200197-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Written in Father Tim Kavanagh's own hand, this wonderful collection of quotes brings to life the personal reflections of Mitford's beloved Episcopal priest. Here Father Tim has carefully recorded his favorite quotes from a variety of thinkers, philosophers, and poets whom he has admired over the years. Next to the quotes are Father Tim's personal comments, scribblings, and doodlings. From C. S. Lewis and Mark Twain to Aristophanes and St. Paul, these heartwarming words on love, life, and faith are a perfect addition to the Mitford series-and a must-have for Jan Karon's millions of readers.

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Great Thoughts
by George Seldes

ISBN 0345404289 (0-345-40428-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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Upon its publication, George Seldes's The Great Thoughts instantly took its place as a classic--a treasure house of the seminal ideas that have shaped the intellectual history of the world down through the ages.  Seldes, a pivotal figure in the history of American journalism and a tireless researcher, spent the better part of his extraordinary lifetime compiling the thoughts that rule the world, casting his net widely and wisely through the essential works of philosophy, poetry, psychology, economics, politics, memoirs, and letters from the ancient Greeks to the modern Americans.

Now Seldes's splendid and important work has been revised and updated to include the great thoughts that have changed our world in the decade since the book's first appearance.  Quotations from leaders as varied as Nelson Mandela, Lech Walesa, Yitzak Rabin, Newt Gingrich, and Jesse Jackson reflect the radical shifts in the world political scene.  Toni Morrison and Cornel West speak out on the enduring vitality of African-American culture.  Alvin Toffler and Arthur C. Clarke give us a glimpse into the future.  Gloria Steinem and Monique Wittig define the motives and the goals of late twentieth-century feminism.  Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold, and Wallace Stegner ponder the meaning of wilderness in an increasingly populated and industrialized world.  These and scores of other thinkers in all major disciplines have added their voices to this new edition of The Great Thoughts.

USA Today praised the first edition of The Great Thoughts as "a browser's delight."  The work of a lifetime, brought up-to-date to reflect the global upheaval of the past decade, The Great Thoughts stands alone as an enduring achievement and an invaluable resource. [via]
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The Guinness Dictionary of Poisonous Quotes
by Colin Jarman, Guinness Publishing

ISBN 0851129587 (0-85112-958-7)
Hardcover, Guinness Pub

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An anthology of more than 1500 criticisms, witticisms and vulgarities unleashed on unsuspecting victims over the years, by personalities from many different walks of life. They include Thomas Carlyle, Joan Rivers, Gore Vidal, Peter Fleming, Mel Brooks, Victor Hugo and Woody Allen. [via]
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It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
by Jim Henson, Cheryl Henson

ISBN 1401302424 (1-4013-0242-4)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books

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The words say 'Its not easy being green,' but the song is about knowing who you are. And in it you hear Jims message most clearly. He believed that people are good and that they want to do their best and that no matter how or why we might be different from anybody else, we should learn to love who we are and be proud of it.
Ray Charles

In the tradition of The World According to Mister Rogers, a timeless collection of wisdom on life, friendship, individuality, creativity, collaboration, and more -- from Jim Henson and Friends

There are few things that evoke such a universal feeling of warmth and humor as the work of Jim Henson. In his own words, as well as those of some of his best-known characters like Kermit the Frog and Ernie, we get a glimpse of the philosophy and humor that was so essential to Jim's creations. We also get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the collaborative spirit of this gentle artistic genius from the people Jim knew, loved, and inspired.

This uplifting collection of quotes, stories, anecdotes, songs, and insights gives new life to Jim's magical world. With chapters titled Dynamite Determination; Listen to Your Heart; Together We Can Do It; It Starts When We're Kids; and A Part of Everything and Everyone, It's Not Easy Being Green is by turns entertaining, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny, reminding us that every day counts. Readers young and old will cherish this collection.

Culled from The Jim Henson Company archives, program transcripts, personal letters, and interviews, along with some of Jim's never-before-published writings, It's Not Easy Being Green is a testament to the legacy of a man who changed the way we see the world. [via]
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J. G. Ballard Quotes
by J.G. Ballard

ISBN 1889307122 (1-889307-12-2)
Softcover, Re-Search Pubns

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Ballard's books have remained fresh decades after they were first published, and the thoughts collected in J.G. Ballard: Quotes have worn equally as well. Small enough to fit in a pocket, this book brings together J. G. Ballard's trenchant thoughts on music, film, celebrity, the rise of corporate media, the death of reality, and much more. Grouped by topics such as "Sex: Relationships, Sex x Technology equals the Future, Pornography" and "Surrealism, Imagination," these quotes are both concise and clear, and provide a strong beacon for readers who are used to a baffling daily assault of advertisements, phone calls, and e-mails. They are also an excellent resource to help readers better understand Ballard's novels, which stand among the most visionary, provocative literature of the 20th century. A Ballardian glossary, the essay "Guide to Virtual Death," and a bibliography round out this excellent resource.
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The Kiss

ISBN 1561381497 (1-56138-149-7)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub

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The Kiss: Lovers' Quotations and Romantic Paintings
by Helen Exley

ISBN 185015645X (1-85015-645-X)
Hardcover, Exley Giftbooks

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The exciting sales produced by these intimate books are guaranteed. "Passion" contains enough sensual prose to make anyone's pulse race and "The Kiss" celebrates the gentle and the lustful kiss. [via]
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The Literary Book of Answers
by Carol Bolt

ISBN 0786866993 (0-7868-6699-3)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books

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The Little Zen Companion
by David Schiller

ISBN 1563054671 (1-56305-467-1)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co

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While it seeks neither to define Zen nor answer its most famous koan (a riddle unanswerable by conventional thinking, in this case the sound of one hand clapping), this bestselling little book with 437,000 copies in print possesses a maverick Zen spirit that points to a different way of looking at the world.

With each page featuring a quote, phrase, story, koan, haiku, or poem, Zen Companion combines the feeling and format of a meditation book with 2,500 years of wisdom-from Lao-tzu and Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams and The Little Prince, D. T. Suzuki and Walker Percy, the Buddha and the Bible, Einstein and Gertrude Stein. It's a celebration of intuition: "If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark"-St. John the Cross. Individuality: "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought."-Basho. Uncomplicated nature: "Among twenty snowy mountains/The only moving thing/Was the eye of the blackbird."-Wallace Stevens. Childlike spontaneity: "Goodnight stars. Goodnight air."-Margaret Wise Brown. Irreverent paradox: "Wakuan complained when he saw a picture of bearded Bodhidharma: 'Why hasn't that fellow a beard?'" And above all, the simple pleasure of life lived in the moment. "Chop wood, carry water." [via]
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The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes
by Clifton Fadiman

ISBN 0316273058 (0-316-27305-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co

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A book compiled of anecdotes from other collections, arranged under the name of the person they're about. [via]
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- The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes: ISBN 0316273015 (0-316-27301-5)
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Live and Learn and Pass It on: People Ages 5 to 95 Share What They'Ve Discovered About Life, Love, and Other Good Stuff
by H. Jackson Brown

ISBN 1558538380 (1-55853-838-0)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Love

ISBN 0762406658 (0-7624-0665-8)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub

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The feeling of love is a singular experience, plurally felt. Notables as diverse as George Sand, James Thurber, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Henri Matisse, and David Byrne share their thoughts on love's universal joys and intimate depths.
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Love
by Running Press

ISBN 0762414707 (0-7624-1470-7)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub

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Each book has a full-color, hand-painted, tactile cover design rendered in unique three-dimensional form.
A three-dimensional heart-in-hands sculpture graces the front cover. Euripides, Thoreau, Shakespeare, Emerson, and many other writers and philosophers comment on the universal and timeless topic of love. Makes a sweet token of affection for Valentine's Day or anytime. [via]
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Love : Quotations from the Heart
by Running Press Staff

ISBN 0894718568 (0-89471-856-8)
Hardcover, Running Press Book Publishers

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The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
by Robert A. Heinlein

ISBN 074348844X (0-7434-8844-X)
Softcover, Baen Books

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Too young to fight in the First World War, but destined to lead the first successful expedition to another star system, the (literally) immortal Lazarus Long is the most popular and enduring character created by Robert A. Heinlein, author of numerous New York Times best sellers. He starred in Heinlein's most popular novels, including Methuselah's Children, Time Enough For Love, The Number Of The Beast, To Sail Beyond The Sunset and others. The oldest living member of the human race due to his unique genes, Long has been a pioneer on eight planets, survived wars and lynch mobs, and explored most of the galaxy. His adventures have given him a breadth of experience distilled through the irony of an immortal viewpoint. But there is nothing pompous about Long's reflections on the human condition. As the noted editor and critic David G. Hartwell has observed, "Lazarus" comments are acute, lively and intelligent." And here they are, compiled in one beautifully designed trade paperback, filled with illuminations and illustrations by renowned Science Fiction artist Stephen Hickman, for the delight of the millions of Heinlein fans around the world. [via]
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Off the Wall at Callahan's
by Spider Robinson

ISBN 0765310465 (0-7653-1046-5)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom

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Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom
by Oscar Wilde

ISBN 0486401464 (0-486-40146-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns

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Epigrams, aphorisms, and other bon mots gathered from the celebrated wit's plays, essays, and conversation offer an entertaining selection of observations both comic and profound. Organized by category, the nearly 400 quotes range in subject from human nature, morals, and society to art, politics, history, and more.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
by Angela Partington

ISBN 0198600585 (0-19-860058-5)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press

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As Emerson once said, "By necessity, by proclivity--and by delight, we all quote." We quote from the Bible and from Shakespeare, from Churchill and Will Rogers, we quote to amuse our friends, to spice our conversation or our writing, to lend authority to what we say. We even quote without knowing whom we quote, saying "love conquers all" (Virgil, The Aeneid) or "damn with faint praise" (Pope, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot).
In the Fourth Edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, you can find (and verify) classic quotes and little-known gems--the words of the famous and the notorious, the witty and the wise--in a collection of over 20,000 quotations from more than 3,000 authors. Almost forty percent of the material is new since the third edition, including thousands of twentieth-century quotations, from Virginia Woolf to John Lennon. As in earlier editions, the new Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is a literary banquet, a feast of the finest excerpts of poets and novelists, essayists and historians. From Yeats ("A terrible beauty is born") to Orwell ("At 50, everyone has the face he deserves"), from the King James Bible ("Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall") to Marx ("From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"), this volume brims with essential quotes. Here too are the notable political figures of history, including Napoleon ("An army marches on its stomach"), Queen Elizabeth I ("I will make you shorter by a head"), and Harry Truman ("If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"). Coming right up to the present-day world of international mass media and entertainment, the new Dictionary even includes the immortal words of the Monty Python comedy troupe: "And now for something completely different."
This new edition also features a helpful organization and indexing system. The entries are arranged alphabetically by author, with full attributions and explanatory notes, and the index offers easy access to individual quotations through thousands of keywords. In addition, the Dictionary offers thorough foreign language coverage, from Aristotle to Moliere to Schiller, with quotations provided in both the original and in English translation.
Like the acclaimed Third Edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this volume provides an ideal reference for any home or office library--a constant source of entertainment and inspiration for public speakers, writers, and anyone else who enjoys a sparkling line or a spirited reply. [via]
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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
by Elizabeth Knowles

ISBN 0198601735 (0-19-860173-5)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press

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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is as impressive, erudite, enjoyable, and educational a tome as you might expect from Oxford. It's the sort of undertaking the press does very well. The first such dictionary, as compiled by Oxford, was published in 1953, and it's been tweaking, modifying, and updating it ever since. This new edition, the fifth, offers well over 20,000 quotations from more than 3,000 authors. Responding to correspondence from their readers, Oxford has restored some material from past editions, such as the proverbs and nursery-rhymes section. There's a much more inclusive attention to sacred texts of world religions, and 2,000 quotations are brand new.
The quotations are arranged alphabetically, by author, so browsing provides insight into the authors quoted, more so than do compendiums that are organize by theme. There is also, however, a full thematic index, starting with Administration, Age, and America, and running the alphabetical gamut through to War, Weather, and Youth. And that is followed by a 283-page comprehensive keyword index. If you needed to fault Oxford with something, it might be the small print, but it certainly wouldn't be the thoroughness or cross-referenceability.
There's Kingsley Amis on hangovers ("His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum") and the sexes ("Women are really much nicer than men. No wonder we like them"). There's Woody Allen on immortality ("I don't want to achieve immortality through my work--I want to achieve it through not dying") and Fred Allen on committees ("A group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done"). Spiro T. Agnew is on record as saying, "If you've seen one city slum you've seen them all." And Konrad Adenauer weighs in with "A thick skin is a gift from God."
There are pages of special categories, such as one of advertising slogans ("Let your fingers do the walking," "It's finger-licking good," and "Beanz meanz Heinz") and three pages of last words ("God will pardon me, it is His trade," from Heinrich Heine; "If this is dying, then I don't think much of it," by Lytton Strachey; and "It's been so long since I've had champagne," by Anton Chekhov). And there are pages of film lines, misquotations, epitaphs, telegrams, and toasts, too. Oxford's Dictionary of Quotations is a wonderfully reliable and inclusive quotation reference, and it's a lot of fun, as well. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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- The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations: ISBN 0198607202 (0-19-860720-2)
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- The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations: ISBN 0198601735 (0-19-860173-5)
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Oxford Dictionary of Quotations/Blue Leather

ISBN 0191963720 (0-19-196372-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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Oxford University Press Dictionary of Quotations
by Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing Staff

ISBN 051748286X (0-517-48286-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing

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Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotes
by Jan Karon

ISBN 0670030066 (0-670-03006-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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Throughout his years as Mitford's beloved Episcopal priest, Father Tim Kavanagh has been reading and also pondering two crucial questions: How can he guide and encourage his flock? How can he deepen and encourage his own spirit? The result is a wonderful collection of his favorite quotes from thinkers, theologians, poets, and philosophersfrom Mark Twain and C. S. Lewis to St. Paul and Wordsworth.

Patches of Godlight is a stunning two-color facsimile of Father Tim's own leather-bound notebook with his name gold stamped on the cover. Every quote is in his own handwriting, and scattered throughout the margins are his scribbled notes and doodles, even the occasional ink blot or coffee stain. Just as it has for Father Tim, this handsome, "must-have" quote book will provide wisdom and inspiration for millions of Mitford fans. [via]
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The Portable Curmudgeon
by Jon Winokur

ISBN 0452266688 (0-452-26668-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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The world's greatest cynics, critics, and grouches--from H. L. Mencken to Groucho Marx--use their wit to cut down every subject under the sun in a compendium of quips, barbs, profiles, and interviews. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. [via]
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The Portable Curmudgeon Redux
by Jon Winokur

ISBN 0525934898 (0-525-93489-8)
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The Quotable Book Lover
by Ben Jacobs, Helena Hjalmarsson, Nicholas A. Basbanes

ISBN 158574655X (1-58574-655-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr

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The bibliophiles of the world are an erudite and witty bunch, especially the hundreds of quotable sages and wags whose bons mots are collected in this tribute to the written word. The authors of these insights, spanning centuries and continents, include Aeschylus and Lady Bird Johnson, Gustave Flaubert and Francis Bacon, Russell Baker and Isadora Duncan, Katharine Hepburn and Mark Twain, Pablo Picasso and Brad Pitt.
The quotations offer witticisms as well as philosophical insights. Woody Allen quips, "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia." And Franz Kafka declares, "Books must be the axe to break the frozen sea inside me." Mark Twain reflects, "I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor, and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat." And Fran Lebowitz notes that "Magazines all too frequently lead to books, and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature." Aristotle observes that "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man." H.L. Mencken explains, "I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved, which a cow enjoys on giving milk." And Thomas Mann opines that "A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
In all, there are more than 500 quotations that pithily consider every aspect of authors, readers, collectors, and books. Entertaining and provocative, it is the sort of book that makes you sit friends down and read them just one more entry. In one such entry, Robertson Davies observes that "There are many people--happy people, it usually appears--whose thoughts at Christmas always turn to books. The notion of a Christmas tree with no books under it is repugnant and unnatural to them." This is just the sort of book to make such people remarkably content. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Quotable Einstein
by Alice Calaprice, Albert Einstein

ISBN 0691026963 (0-691-02696-3)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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The Quotable Lewis
by Wayne Martindale

ISBN 0842351159 (0-8423-5115-9)
Hardcover, Tyndale House Pub

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The Quotable Sandman
by Neil Gaiman

ISBN 1563897474 (1-56389-747-4)
Hardcover, Dc Comics

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Quotable Women: A Collection of Shared Thoughts/Miniature

ISBN 0894717561 (0-89471-756-1)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub

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Random House Webster's Quotationary
by Leonard Roy Frank

ISBN 0375719687 (0-375-71968-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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Though Emerson said "Quotation confesses inferiority," and Thomas Fuller advised "Search not Authors to say what thou canst as well say thyself," E.M. Cioran warned "Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation," and Vauvenargues contended that "Other people's wit does not entertain us for long," there is always the viewpoint of Samuel Richardson, who said "We are wise by other people's experience," and Ovid's, who believed "It is right to learn even from one's enemies."
The Quotationary is a collection of quotations, some 20,000 of them, arranged by subject (from Ability to Zen, and each with suggestions of other headings to check for similar topics), cross-referenced by author (from Edward Abbey on truthfulness to Martin Zweig on the stock market), and then indexed by subject categories as well, making it easy to find the right bon mot to start a speech or cap an argument (or cap a speech and start an argument). And they are addictive. It may be instructive, but it is also entertaining to read the words of others. There's Napoleon's view that "All being said, I like only those people who are useful to me, and only so long as they are useful," and Fran Lebowitz opining that "There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death." The important thing is that whatever take on life you espouse, you can not only find elegant quotes to support you, but also fine words to the opposite. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Return of the Portable Curmudgeon
by Jon Winokur

ISBN 0452270308 (0-452-27030-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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When turning the other cheek just won't do, try fighting back with the cantankerous remarks of some of the crustiest, grouchiest, and cleverest curmudgeons of all time. Profiles of three world-class wordsmiths--Alexander Woollcott, Oscar Wilde, and Robert Benchley--plus interviews with a variety of caustic commentators make this a collection of barbed remarks second to none. [via]
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Science Fictionisms
by William Rotsler

ISBN 0879056932 (0-87905-693-2)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith

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Songs of the Earth: A Tribute to Nature, in Word and Image
by Virginia Mattingly

ISBN 1561385239 (1-56138-523-9)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub

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Our Miniature Editions "TM" collection continues to grow! Since 1989, when our first minis appeared, Running Press has offered an astonishing range of subjects, sure to find a place in any booklover's library! [via]
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A Thousand Paths to Enlightenment
by David Baird

ISBN 1840720042 (1-84072-004-2)
Hardcover, M Q Publications

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In these complex, stress-filled times many of us turn to extreme - often exotic - sources in the hope of gaining some enlightenment. But when we set out on the path of morality, meditation, and wisdom that we hope will lead us to nirvana, we can sometimes make our lives even more complicated than they were before. Worse still, we end up none the more enlightened for our pains. Enlightenment is not a complicated and elitist club from which some are excluded. In fact, despite working perfectly well for some, there are many enlightened minds who never attempted sitting in lotus position or chanting a mantra. Anyone who is willing to open their mind is free to pursue enlightenment. This collection of inspirational thoughts may be just the beginning of your journey. [via]
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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce, S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz

ISBN 0820324019 (0-8203-2401-9)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr

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If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devils Dictionary. There, a bore is a person who talks when you wish him to listen, and happiness is an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierces satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the books ninety-year history.
A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devils Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth.
This new edition is based on David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshis exhaustive investigation into the books writing and publishing history. All of Bierces known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries. Definitions dropped from previous editions have been restored while nearly two hundred wrongly attributed to Bierce have been excised. For dedicated Bierce readers, an introduction and notes are also included.
Ambrose Bierces Devils Dictionary is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber. This unabridged edition will be celebrated by humor fans and word lovers everywhere.
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An Uncommon Scold
by Abby Adams

ISBN 067188526X (0-671-88526-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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The Wicked Little Book of Quotes
by Helen Exley

ISBN 1850157987 (1-85015-798-7)
Hardcover, Exley Giftbooks

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The Wit & Wisdom Of Mark Twain
by Alex Ayres, Mark Twain

ISBN 0452010586 (0-452-01058-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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Here's a collection of Mark Twain's most profound reflections, wry observations, and candid witticisms, packaged in an illustrated, collectible Miniature Edition". With excerpts gathered from his novels, short works, letters, and speeches, it's a portable compendium of wisdom from America's most famous homegrown philosopher.
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The Wit & Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde

ISBN 0394468112 (0-394-46811-2)
Hardcover, Stanyan Books

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The Wit & Wisdom of Oscar Wilde: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations
by Oscar Wilde, Ralph Keyes

ISBN 0517194600 (0-517-19460-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub

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Wilde on Sincerity: "A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." Nearly a century after his death, the wit of Oscar Wilde remains as fresh and barbed as ever. This collection of his works, letters, reviews, anecdotes and repartee is ample proof of this iconoclast's enduring place in the world of arts and letters. [via]
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The Wit & Wisdom of Oscar Wilde: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Repartee
by Oscar Wilde, Ralph Keyes

ISBN 006017367X (0-06-017367-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins

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The fifth book in this packaged and entertaining series has found its perfect subject. Here are witty one-liners, biting comments, and memorable bon mots by one of the world's great literary figures and oe of the best aphorists of all time. [via]
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The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
by Mark Twain

ISBN 089471984X (0-89471-984-X)
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Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations
by Mark Twain

ISBN 0486406644 (0-486-40664-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns

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Includes hundreds of Twain's most memorable quips and comments on life, love, history, culture, travel, and diverse other topics, among them "He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty"; "Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"; and "More than one cigar at a time is excessive smoking."
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The Wit of Oscar Wilde
by Sean McCann

ISBN 0862782481 (0-86278-248-1)
Softcover, Independent Pub Group

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Women's Wit and Wisdom

ISBN 1561380377 (1-56138-037-7)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub

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The World According to Mr. Rogers: Important Things to Remember
by Fred Rogers

ISBN 1401301061 (1-4013-0106-1)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books

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La Moneda En Nicaragua: Resena Historica
by Jorge Eduardo Arrellano

ISBN 9992445041 (99924-45-04-1)
Hardcover, Fondo Editorial Banco Central de Nicaragua

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