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Author: Bill Swainson Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780312230005 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 1360
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Here are 25,000 quotations drawn from the history, politics, literature, religions, science, and popular culture of the world--ranging from the earliest Chinese sages through Shakespeare to the present day.
Author: Ted Goodman Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal ISBN: 0316310050 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 1399
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Revised and updated, this bestselling collection of business wit and wisdom is the ultimate desk reference for the cube and corner office, by one of the world's most popular business publications. Forbes is one of the world's most trusted, recognizable, and growing brands in business news and information both in print and online. This comprehensive collection of business quotations gathers more than 10,000 apt, astute, and motivational remarks on scores of topics, organized alphabetically, from "Ability" to "Excellence" to "Salesmanship." First published in 1997, this all new edition is updated with hundreds of new quotations, from the likes of Steve Jobs, Sheryl Sandberg, and Oprah Winfrey that pertain to modern business culture. Forbes Book of Quotations is the perfect gift or reference tool for students, budding entrepreneurs, and seasoned professionals alike, or anyone looking for a sharp-witted way to make a lasting impression.
Author: Oscar Wilde Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486111008 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 67
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Amusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.
Author: Herb Galewitz Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486110761 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 66
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More than 400 memorable quotes about the world of music, from Fred Allen to Oscar Wilde, from Friedrich Nietzsche to Florian Zabach. Wonderful for public speakers or just browsing.
Author: Joslyn Pine Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486475891 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 225
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This collection cites approximately 100 well-known African Americans from all walks of life. Twentieth-century notables include Maya Angelou, Louis Armstrong, Muhammad Ali, and Ralph Ellison, in addition to earlier figures such as George Washington Carver and Frederick Douglass, plus anonymous sources. Arranged alphabetically by author, the quotations cover a wide variety of subjects.
Author: Dwight Garner Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0374722145 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 164
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A selection of favorite quotes that the celebrated literary critic has collected over the decades. From Dwight Garner, the New York Times book critic, comes a rollicking, irreverent, scabrous, amazingly alive selection of unforgettable moments from forty years of wide and deep reading. Garner’s Quotations is like no commonplace book you’ll ever read. If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on in the world of letters today, this book will make you sit up and take notice. Unputdownable!
Author: John Muir Publisher: Great West Books ISBN: 0944220029 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 112
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The best of John Muir -- 332 quotations, the distillation of his thought, the essence of his beliefs. Muir was the foremost conservationist of his time -- nature writer, social critic, realist, a romantic, a visionary. A long-needed collection that features an excellent subject index. Painstaking bibliographic references make this an invaluable addition to one's Muir Library. (Yosemite Association.) If asked for a succinct statement of his beliefs, Muir might have replied: