quotations

Including a subject index and an author index, this book presents thousands of quotes from hundreds of thinkers and writers.

A collection of 1,911 quotes from scholars, comedians, political candidates, writers, reporters, philosophers, and other people from throughout history.

Collects 2,548 witty and unique quotations on a variety of subjects, such as sports, religion, alcohol, intelligence, and sex.

A collection of proverbs followed by quotations illustrating the various forms the proverb has taken from its first recorded use until the present.

On t.p.: A compendium of important statements on man and his institutions by the great thinkers in western history.

Chronologically arranged entries supply quotations from 2,250 authors and major collective or anonymous works, with an alphabetical index of authors and an index to the text.

A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature containing 20,550 authors, 340 of whom are new to to this edition.

Contains five thousand twentieth-century quotations, arranged alphabetically by speaker's name; features special sections on misquotations, newspaper headlines, political slogans, and film lines; and includes subject and key word indexes.

A collection of Irish blessings, sayings, and verses about such things as friendship, home, and happiness.