Random House Webster's Quotationary - Hardcover

Frank, Leonard Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679448500 ISBN 13: 9780679448501

Publisher: Random House Reference, 1998

Synopsis

The most comprehensive and user-friendly quotation book available, Random House Webster's Quotationaryoffers quote collectors, speech writers, students, and researchers the newest and freshest collection of quotations from around the world.

More than 20,000 infamous, interesting, and informative quotes are arranged by subject for easy look-up. Whether you need a word of wisdom about technology or a witticism on writing, the right quote is at your fingertips. With extensive cross-referencing and clear indexing by author, the Quotationary is easier to use than other books of quotations.

The Quotationary features a completely original selection of quotes, from favorite sayings and classic poems to cutting-edge commentary from today's personalities, such as Oprah Winfrey and Ted Turner.

Comprehensive: This collection features over 20,000 quotations, including many from contemporary writers, politicians, celebrities, and other quotable figures.

Easy to Use: Quotes are arranged by category--including over 1,000 subjects from Adolescence to Valor, Adversity to Zen--so it's easy to find the right quote on any subject. Extensive cross-referencing makes Random House Webster's Quotationary the easiest book to use.

All New: This unique collection includes classic quotes as well as many quotes not found in other books. Its wide selection--from across the centuries and around the world--is unrivalled.

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Review:

Though Emerson said "Quotation confesses inferiority," and Thomas Fuller advised "Search not Authors to say what thou canst as well say thyself," E.M. Cioran warned "Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation," and Vauvenargues contended that "Other people's wit does not entertain us for long," there is always the viewpoint of Samuel Richardson, who said "We are wise by other people's experience," and Ovid's, who believed "It is right to learn even from one's enemies."

The Quotationary is a collection of quotations, some 20,000 of them, arranged by subject (from Ability to Zen, and each with suggestions of other headings to check for similar topics), cross-referenced by author (from Edward Abbey on truthfulness to Martin Zweig on the stock market), and then indexed by subject categories as well, making it easy to find the right bon mot to start a speech or cap an argument (or cap a speech and start an argument). And they are addictive. It may be instructive, but it is also entertaining to read the words of others. There's Napoleon's view that "All being said, I like only those people who are useful to me, and only so long as they are useful," and Fran Lebowitz opining that "There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death." The important thing is that whatever take on life you espouse, you can not only find elegant quotes to support you, but also fine words to the opposite. --Stephanie Gold

About the Author:

Leonard Roy Frank has been compiling and organizing quotes, aphorisms, and observations for the past 12 years. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he has lived in San Francisco since 1959, where he managed an art gallery before devoting himself to collecting quotations. To date, his database contains more than 40,000 quotes.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Reference
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0679448500
• ISBN 13: 9780679448501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1056