Quotations category: 2735 books

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...

This Book is the series of Quotations from famous personalities of specific period of history. These quotes are most admired quotes also regarded as wisdom quotes.This Book is the series of Quotations from famous personalities of specific period of history. These quotes are most admired quotes also regarded as wisdom quotes.

This Book is the series of Quotations from famous personalities of specific period of history. These quotes are most admired quotes also regarded as wisdom quotes.This Book is the series of Quotations from famous personalities of specific period of history. These quotes are most admired quotes also regarded as wisdom quotes.

This Book is the series of Quotations from famous personalities of specific period of history. These quotes are most admired quotes also regarded as wisdom quotes.This Book is the series of Quotations from famous personalities of specific period of history. These quotes are most admired quotes also regarded as wisdom quotes.

Lee Kuan Yew played the pivotal role in Singapores transition from British Crown Colony to independent developing nation, and on to the economically powerful and diplomatically influential city-state it is today. Throughout  this surprising and at times painful journey, he has proved a charismatic...

The founder of psychoanalysis and one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers, in his own words. Sigmund Freud is on the very short list of historical figures who have profoundly influenced—perhaps even revolutionized—the way we think and the way we see the world and ourselves....

Fake news, manufactured paranoia, and an encroaching totalitarian state. Have we arrived in 1984? George Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, was written as a warning for democracies to be on guard against the signs of fascism and totalitarianism. At the time, readers believed those dark days...

‘Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.’ Robert Frost HEARTFELT WORDS FOR STARRY-EYED LOVERS When John Lennon wrote that ‘all you need is love’ back in 1967, perhaps he’d been struck by the lovebug himself. Love is a gift, love is an adventure, love...

‘For most exhausted mums, their idea of “working out” is a good, energetic lie-down.’ Kathy Lette WISE WORDS FOR MOTHERS You’ve got the best job in the world, apparently, but some days, when you’re sleep deprived and the kids are driving you crazy, you wish you could have...

A book of inspirational quotations, Nothing Is Worth More Than This Day presents hundreds of reminders from some of the smartest people who ever lived—from Dr. Seuss to Erma Bombeck, Thich Nhat Hanh to Lena Dunham—that happiness is everywhere and the glass is half-full. It’s the perfect gift of optimism, for good times and not-so-good times.

‘The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.’ Virginia Woolf So you’re getting on a bit, but even if your body creaks more than it used to, you’ve still got your sense of humour. This collection of witty quotations and gems of senior sagacity will keep a spring in your step and the cobwebs at bay.

Don’t you wish you could always find the right words at just the right time to answer anyone who has upset you? You will find that reply in this book. It has over 750 insults from some of the wittiest, cleverest and smartest writers that have proved that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword. This...

Acclaimed artist Kenneth Goldsmith’s thousand-page homage to New York City Here is a kaleidoscopic assemblage and poetic history of New York: an unparalleled and original homage to the city, composed entirely of quotations. Drawn from a huge array of sources—histories, memoirs, newspaper...