Ebook: The Yale Book of Quotations

This reader-friendly volume contains more than 12,000 famous quotations, arranged alphabetically by author. It is unique in its focus on American quotations and its inclusion of items not only from literary and historical sources but also from popular culture, sports, computers, science, politics, law, and the social sciences. Anonymously authored items appear in sections devoted to folk songs, advertising slogans, television catchphrases, proverbs, and others.For each quotation, a source and first date of use is cited. In many cases, new research for this book has uncovered an earlier date or a different author than had previously been understood. (It was Beatrice Kaufman, not Sophie Tucker, who exclaimed, “I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. Rich is better! ” William Tecumseh Sherman wasn’t the originator of “War is hell! ” It was Napoleon. ) Numerous entries are enhanced with annotations to clarify meaning or context for the reader. These interesting annotations, along with extensive cross-references that identify related quotations and a large keyword index, will satisfy both the reader who seeks specific information and the curious browser who appreciates an amble through entertaining pages.Copyright © 2006 by Fred R. Shapiro. Foreword copyright
© 2006 by Joseph Epstein. All rights reserved. This book
may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including
illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by
Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except
by reviewers for the public press), without written
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Yale book of quotations / edited by Fred R. Shapiro ;
foreword by Joseph Epstein.
p. cm.
Includes index.
isbn-13: 978-0-300-10798-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
isbn-10: 0-300-10798-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Quotations, English. I. Shapiro, Fred R.
pn
6081.y35 2006
082—dc22 2006012317
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Library.
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and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines
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