14,000 Quips & Quotes for Writers & Speakers [Hardcover]

E.C. McKenzie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 19, 1995

14,000 snappy sayings and clever remarks, guaranteed to add spice to any speech, writing or conversation. Over 550 subjects, alphabetically arranged. 592 pages.

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14,000 snappy sayings and clever remarks, guaranteed to add spice to any speech, writing or conversation. Over 550 subjects, alphabetically arranged. 592 pages.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy; Jacket Wrinkled and Torn edition (December 19, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517427125
• ISBN-13: 978-0517427125
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,241,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of topics, but very sarcastic, negative and outdated., July 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: 14,000 Quips & Quotes for Writers & Speakers (Hardcover)

This book is great if you need quotes on obscure topics (like grumbling). However, most of the quotes are sarcastic and have negative overtones. Very conservitive on its views of women, religion, etc. I wouldn't want my daughter using this book as a reference on being a woman.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not the best book of quotes..., January 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: 14,000 Quips & Quotes for Writers & Speakers (Hardcover)

To it's credit there are a lot of quotes in here and some made me think. But, none of the quotes are attributed (I like to know who I'm quoting) and I found I didn't like 9 out of 10 of the quotes. Most are simplistic or negative. I'd suggest folks looking for a book on quotes buy a book called _Great Quotes from Great Leaders_. Much smaller book, only about 100 pages, but probably has more useful quotes in it than this one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a useful book, April 6, 2002

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"lilhandel" (singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 14,000 Quips & Quotes for Writers & Speakers (Hardcover)

... some [of the quotes] can be claimed to be 'negative', but they are actually quite true. If you want motivating quotes, get a motivational book! There is Anthony Robbins and Stephen R. Covey for that.

If you're looking for a quotation book that will help in speeches, conversation or essays, this is a useful book to have. The supposed 'negative' comments are so true when you think about it, and those that you find completely untrue are really there for the humour only. The quotes about girls may get a little painful if said mentioned in a grave manner. But someone who says "Attention girls: Always save a boyfriend for a rainy day -- and another one in case it doesn't rain" with a wide smile on his face, ending a speech.

I strongly suspect that the crowd will be in laughter rather than angry at that. There are some very meaningful quotes too, like "It's better to look where you're going than to see where you've been". This book isn't bad at all!

One thing though, that I don't like about this book is that it doesn't attribute who the quotes are from. If that is important to you, then don't get this book. For those who find that it is extremely important, yet want this book badly, you can simply type in the whole quote in any search engine on the internet and viola, you'll find websites with these quotes and the proper attributions.

Get this book if you want nice quotes without attributes, and quotes that you can use to humour many people (some are outrageously hilarious while being so true). Get it if you want to boost wrtings, and of course learn from the profound minds who wrote these quotes.