Random House Webster's Quotationary - Couverture souple

Frank, Leonard Roy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0375719687 ISBN 13 : 9780375719684

Editeur : Random House USA Inc, 2001

Synopsis

A user-friendly, comprehensive compilation of more than twenty thousand quotations is organized by subject area, with extensive cross-referencing, and includes the thoughts of Bill Gates, Emily Dickinson, the Dalai Lama, and others on topics ranging from Baseball to Money. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

A propos du livre

Extrait

Ted Turner on perfection:
If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.

R. Buckminster Fuller on technology:
How do we know that the people we meet are not computers programmed to simulate people?

Louis A. Safian on money:
There are more important things than money--the only trouble is they all cost money.

Emily Dickinson on love:
That Love is all there is, Is all we know of Love.

Casey Stengel on time:
There's a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them.

Charlotte Whitton on women:
Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good.
Luckily, this is not difficult.
From the Hardcover edition.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The newest, most comprehensive collection to come along in decades, Random House Webster's Quotationary is now available as a trade paperback. This best-selling reference guide is an invaluable tool for speechwriters, students, and researchers alike, or a perfect gift for any wordsmith.

Includes:

• Over 20,000 quotations from the famous, infamous, and legendary
• Over 1,500 categories of quotations
• Easy to use: arranged by subject, with an extensive keyword index and cross-referencing

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House USA Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0375719687
• ISBN 13: 9780375719684
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 1040
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Purmerul LTD; https://strengholt.nl/en/; ; 22 Liuleburgaz Str., floor 4, app. 9; Plovdiv; Bulgarie