And I Quote: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker - Hardcover

Applewhite, Ashton; Evans, Tripp

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312068972 ISBN 13: 9780312068974

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1992

Synopsis

A good quote can make a world of difference when you want to deliver a powerful speech or write a persuasive paper. But finding the right quote for the right audience has never been easy-until now.

And I Quote is a remarkable compilation and indispensable reference book that proves a quote doesn't have to be ancient to be classic. From the time-honored to the newly minted, these are wise and witty words that can be used for any occasion, from sales training seminars ("When you've stopped talking, you've lost your customer." --Estee Lauder) to award dinners ("I don't deserve this, but then I've got arthritis, and I don't deserve that either." --Jack Benny).

Arranged in a unique and simple format, And I Quote will prove to be one book no successful writer or speechmaker will want to do without.

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there," said Will Rogers; And I Quote will keep you moving in the right direction.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

On Computers
The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.
---B. F. Skinner

On Conservation
In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the
limb on which it is perched.
---Paul Ehrlich

On Change
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator and change has
its enemies.
---Robert F. Kennedy

On Commitment
To fly, we have to have resistance.
---Maya Lin

On Depression
Depression is rage spread thin.
---George Santayana

On Diversity
Xenophobia doesn't benefit anybody unless you're playing high-stakes
Scrabble.
---Dennis Miller

On Globalization
Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States
is, should, or could be the global gendarme.
-- -Robert S. McNamara

On Imagination
Dare to be naïve.
---Buckminster Fuller

On Loss
People in mourning have to come to grips with death before they can
live again.
---Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

On Poverty
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars on poverty are
0fought to map change.
---Muhammad Ali

On Religion
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when
God talks to us we're said to be schizophrenic?
---Lily Tomlin

On Technology
Today even our clocks are not made of clockwork.
---Ian Stewart

From the Inside Flap:

Ashton Applewhite lives in New York and writes on subjects ranging from
science and technology to family policy. A contributing editor to IEEE Spectrum Magazine, and staff writer for the American Museum of Natural History, she is the author of Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well, and is at work on a book about family
rituals.

William (Tripp) R. Evans, III, Ph.D., CSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. The author or coauthor of a number of humor and reference books, he conducts seminars and consults with corporations, schools, and health organizations in the area of social-emotional learning. He also gives talks on Emotional Intelligence, Stress Management, Divorce, Single Parenting, and the Reconstituted Family.

Andrew Frothingham consults and writes for companies in all industries. In addition to speeches, he has written everything from annual reports and technical papers to greeting cards and tequila
tasting guides. Having spent decades attending meetings and conferences, he is passionate about helping people develop more compelling, entertaining speeches and presentations. He earned his
degrees at Harvard and lives in lower Manhattan with his wife and two sons.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0312068972
• ISBN 13: 9780312068974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 499