The Harper Book of Quotations Revised Edition

By Robert I. Fitzhenry

Book Overview

More than 6,500 quotations that are sure to suit all occasions--spicing up letters, speeches, and everyday conversations--are included in this easy-to-use reference.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062732137
• ISBN13: 9780062732132
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A great source for qoutes.

I have found this book handy when looking for quotes to insert in my writting. Quick delivery

My Favorite Quotation Collection

I must admit I find quotation collections pretty irresistable, but of all the ones I know, the Harper Book of Quotations is the best. Absolutely chock-full of the most wonderful things, excellently organized. Don't dare to pick it up if you are in a hurry, because I promise you will browse in its pages happily for a long time. I like to open it at random and just start reading, as I never know what gems I will discover. An absolutely essential book.

Great!

This is a great book! I found it my school library and I go in on break just to read through a few pages.

"A word is not the same with one writer as with another...

...One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket." (Charles Peguy, p 479) What a wonderful reference! I have found this book useful for speeches, papers, special occasions, toasts, etc. Organized topically, this book is amazingly easy to use and is filled with great quotes from a wide variety of sources (the Bible, various ethnic proverbs, presidents and other political figures, a range of artists and writers and various entertainers). A great book for anyone who ever speaks or writes in any capacity.

A personal library reference cornerstone

"A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket....Charles Peguy"(pg 479)....................... There are quote books and there are quote books. THIS is quote book you'll mark on every page and return to again and again. It's a feast of ideas that will become one of your favorite reference books. Forget Bartlett's. Here's a reference book you can actually use and enjoy reading at the same time. No wonder its on its third edition. I'm sorry I didn't discover it sooner.