Quotations category: 2735 books
The Quotable Dad
Appreciation from the Greatest Minds in History
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
With more than 200 unique quotations, The Quotable Dad shares thoughts, ideas, humor, and advice from the best minds of the ages for the most challenging situations that come with being a dad. A perfect gift for Father's Day or any day when one wants to celebrate their dad. “Becoming a father is easy enough, but being one can be very rough.” —Wilhelm Busch
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Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
‘Hard is his heart that loveth naught in May.’ Geoffrey Chaucer
12 June: ‘Male glow-worms, attracted by the light of the candles, come into the parlour. The distant hills look very blue.’ Gilbert White, 1791
Join some of England’s best-loved writers in this day-by-day celebration...
by Steven D. Price
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Quotations from famous authors about the writing process—to inspire you, advise you, or just make you laugh.
“Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” —Gene Fowler
Anyone who has ever wanted—or been...
The Quote Verifier
Who Said What, Where, and When
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Our language is full of hundreds of quotations that are often cited but seldom confirmed. Ralph Keyes's The Quote Verifier considers not only classic misquotes such as "Nice guys finish last," and "Play it again, Sam," but more surprising ones such as "Ain't I a woman?"...
by Israel O. Okundaye, Lynn Hallbrooks
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Want to read a modern-day perspective on life, love, success and more? As an African native, Israel O. Okundaye has seen many sides of life. He is reaching out to those willing to listen (read). Will you be brave enough to take these quotations into your home and heart?
What the Dormouse Said
Lessons for Grown-ups from Children's Books
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
This one-of-a-kind collection reminds weary adults not to lose sight of the values and virtues they learned as kids. Here are over three hundred quotations from over two hundred well-loved children's books, such as Charlotte's Web, Peter Pan, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Eloise, Sounder,...
The Snark Handbook: Sex Edition
Innuendo, Irony, and Ill-Advised Insults on Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
According to NewYorker.com, Lawrence Dorfman assembled a heroic collection. I spent an hour in a state of catharsis, reveling in the sufficiency of the insults,” in his previous homage to snarkdom (Insult Edition). Now just imagine the reviewer’s state after an hour reading the Sex Edition....
by J. B. Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
London has been one of the world's great cities for over 2,000 years and has produced countless scholars, artists, rogues and wits, each of whom left their mark on the metropolis by their words or deeds. The Wit and Wisdom of London brings together their best and most memorable quotations, a treasury...
by My Ebook Publishing House
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
These thought-provoking teachings from respected American leaders and thinkers provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. American Wisdom - 750 Great American Quotes and Sayings offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning.
This compilation...
Quotable Thoreau
An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
QUOTABLE THOREAU -- An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotes from Henry David Thoreau -- author of Walden and 'Civil Disobedience' -- culled from his books, essays, letters and journals, a collection of gems of wit and wisdom from a great American writer, essayist, naturalist, environmentalist, transcendentalist,...
America's Founding Fathers
Their Uncommon Wisdom and Wit
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2003
Arguably, no other revolution in history has enjoyed such a brilliant gallery of thinkers as the one that led to the founding of the United States. America’s Founding Fathers is centered on the personal philosophies, opinions, thoughts, witticisms, and feelings of the exemplary men who founded our...
Mark Twain
His Words, Wit, and Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
A unique collection of quotes and photos revealing a new side of Mark Twain's humor and wit.
A highly entertaining collection of timeless quotations from Mark Twain. The 19th-centurey American writer, humorist, public speaker, and publisher wrote hundreds of short stories, and his best-known...
I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like
A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.
Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.
Describing something by relating it to another thing is the essence of metaphorical...
America Out Loud
The Most Inspirational, Irreverent, Intelligent, Ignorant, Influential, and Important Things Americans Have Ever Said—and the Stories Behind Them
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2008
"Give me liberty or give me death." "Houston, we have a problem." "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." American ears ring with these and hundreds of other declarations, spun out of history. Walt Whitman claimed to "hear America singing," but, mostly, we hear America talking. Out loud....