- Mass Market Paperback: 538 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc; Reprint edition (28 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0452270995
- ISBN-13: 978-0452270992
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,473,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Here is a connoisseur's alphabetically arranged collection of more than 5,000 of the funniest things people have said and written over the centuries, and over the world. Rosten has arranged them by subjects and styles to make your browsing much more bountiful. This instantly classic collection will light up your mind, warm up your heart and brighten up your life.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I was looking for a joke book for a friend and found this. It's organized by subject, and has pithy, profound, and hilarious quotes by everyone from Napoleon through Mark Twain (of course), and from Hindu proverbs to Woody Allen. Both my husband and I loved it, and we're getting more as gifts.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A very funny, often profound compendium.
15 Aug 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I was looking for a joke book for a friend and found this. It's organized by subject, and has pithy, profound, and hilarious quotes by everyone from Napoleon through Mark Twain (of course), and from Hindu proverbs to Woody Allen. Both my husband and I loved it, and we're getting more as gifts.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Funny and Wise
18 Nov 2004
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is a very nice collection of quotations. It's fairly comprehensive and organized topically--though it could benefit from an index of authors. I added over 100 of its entries to my quote collection. Many are humorous, and a great many have wisdom and significance. Some of my favorites are:
p. 53: One beautiful morning, El Greco sat in a room with the curtains tightly drawn. Invited to go out for a walk, El Greco said, "No, the sunlight would disturb the light that is shining within me."
p. 181: Flattery is all right if you don't inhale. Adlai Stevenson
p. 186: Wise men talk because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something. Plato
p. 258: Journalism: a profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand. Lord Northcliffe
p. 279: The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. James Branch Cabell
p. 328: In America, the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience. Oscar Wilde
p. 341: Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. Charles Kuralt
p. 344: There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program: your tax dollars will go farther. Wernher von Braun
p. 406: Hangover: The Wrath of Grapes. Dorothy Parker
p. 439: The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. Mark Russell
p. 505: They told me that the fish...were cold-blooded and felt no pain. But they were not fish who told me. Heywood Broun
p. 508: I have made this long letter because I haven't the time to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal
p. 53: One beautiful morning, El Greco sat in a room with the curtains tightly drawn. Invited to go out for a walk, El Greco said, "No, the sunlight would disturb the light that is shining within me."
p. 181: Flattery is all right if you don't inhale. Adlai Stevenson
p. 186: Wise men talk because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something. Plato
p. 258: Journalism: a profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand. Lord Northcliffe
p. 279: The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. James Branch Cabell
p. 328: In America, the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience. Oscar Wilde
p. 341: Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. Charles Kuralt
p. 344: There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program: your tax dollars will go farther. Wernher von Braun
p. 406: Hangover: The Wrath of Grapes. Dorothy Parker
p. 439: The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. Mark Russell
p. 505: They told me that the fish...were cold-blooded and felt no pain. But they were not fish who told me. Heywood Broun
p. 508: I have made this long letter because I haven't the time to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The quotes I've read in this book are hilarious.
9 Nov 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I haven't read the whole book, just seen a lot of the quotes on this online newsletter I get. I would also like to say that reading the other 2 reviews here cracked me up. Obviously, the one from Indiana was not as educated as the one from Colarado. Perhaps he/she didn't understand some of the quotes. I personally agree with the one from Colarado. The quotes are very funny and witty. Leo Rosten wrote quite a few of them himself. Hope you enjoy!
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