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The Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,173 Thoughts on the Business of Life

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My only complaint about this compilation is that the title is misleading. These are quotes about all aspects of life and human character. The quotes are arranged by theme and carefully indexed by author. It's great for just browsing or for picking up when you need something specific. I own an entire bookshelf of quotation compilations and this is one of my favorites. No quote love should be without this book.

I love this book. I went on a kick a while back and bought around 7 books of quotes and this is my favorite.

Love this book as an occassional reference tool. Useful resource for speeches and general business writing. Also good for the occassional bit of personal inspiration. Note that Forbes itself sells the book for much, much more.

Look no further. Whether you're a writer or just would like to have a resource for business quotes, this is it.

When buying a quote book, the number one criteria I suggest you use is to select a book that is grouped by topic, not by he/she who said the quote. When I'm writing, I know I want a quote, for instance, on "opportunities." So I look it up that way. 99/100 times I'm not going to know a person who may have said something intelligent on opportunity and look it up that way.

I highly suggest you pick this up and read through it every so often. It will make you a more well-rounded person in the end.

The Forbes Book of Business Quotations is a very useful book. It helped me a lot in finding a good quotation for my Voices of Democracy speech, but I have one small problem. I have no clue who the guy is that worte this excellent quote, and I need help finding him. His name is George E. Stringfellow and you'll find his quote in the section titled America. If you have any information regarding him, please e-mail me at Pygmalion_40@yahoo.com. And if you ever need a good quotation, I suggest you try this book.

I have used this book for the last 10 years when I need a little filler for a quarterly newsletter. I pull the book off of the shelf and open it up and always find a great quote. I have even gotten calls from clients who have commented "Great quote. Where did you find it?" There are quotes on so many different subjects. Here are just a few of the many subjects: Beginning-Beliefs, Cooperation, Education, Family, Happiness, Leadership, Planning-Please, Self, Trouble and many many more. Highly recommended.

This is one of my favorite books. It's packed with tons of great quotations by a diverse mix of people. I would highly reccommend it.

"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end." I bought this book because it was on a discount huge sale and the binding looks so great on my shelf. Once I got it home I find that I frequently find wise quotations on lots of subjects. The topics are arranged alphabetically from Ability to Zeal. I find that I sometimes pick it up and just read a few quotations, and invariably find them interesting and inspiring, or sometimes funny, but never dull. If you ever need a quick source for a quote on almost any topic, say "books" for example, just look in the book. Not just for business, but for lots of your life.

For some reason, the Forbes quotes seem pithier when I read them in the magazine.

Most of the quotes are uninspiring and sophomoric, but it deserves two stars because it looks good on my bookshelf. Here's a quote to consider: caveat emptor...