Customer Reviews

Phillips' Book of Great Thoughts & Funny Sayings: A Stupendous Collection of Quotes, Quips, Epigrams, Witticisms, and Humorous Comments. For Personal Enjoyment and Ready Reference.

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

this is a fantastic book to have around to read thoroughly or just to browse at your leisure. the quotes and comments vary a great deal covering many different issues and situations.

this book would come in especially handy for an individual who speaks in public. chances are if you're looking for an ice breaker or a clever anecdote, it's in this book.

organized. intelligent. a nice addition to any library.

I picked this book up in a store to browse through while waiting for the wife to finish shopping. Started laughing so hard at some of the entries, I had to wipe the tears away. Other sayings were insightful and wise. Ended up walking out of the store with it.

It's great for the bathroom or bedside. Easy to pick up and put down at any time. The reason I'm here writing this is because I plan on purchasing some copies for relatives as gifts.

Probably would best serve entry level speakers. Quick reference for simple needs. The kind of stuff "Inro to Speech" in college was made of. Sparce, very sparce, on the humorous side and lacking citations for many quotations. I'll keep it on the shelf but it won't be the first place I look for quotes or quips.

While this book does have plenty of quotes and sayings to choose from, the organization doesn't make a lot of sense. When you're quickly looking for a motivational quote, you end up referencing several different sections to find what you're looking for. Don't get me wrong, it's fine and has plenty of content but it's just not intuitive to use.

One of my friends offered me a copy of this book when I decided to jump into the quote business, and it was pretty funny. There are a lot of great quotes in here, and they are categorized by categories (rather than by author). The only reason that I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5 is that he included many anonymous quotes, which I am not a big fan on...half the fun of repeating quotes is touting who said it. I still loved the book, and I think the other reviewers are being too hard on this one. It is pretty hard to find hundreds of funny quotes and have them all be hilarious, but this book has its moments and I enjoyed them!

Enjoy!

Great to keep around for a quick smile, and hundreds of topics that are easy to find and reference.

if your a unique person, and like history, and un modern humor this book is for you.
the organization is great in this book, and categories are in alphibatical order.
if theirs another quote and funny saying book, this ones probally better.

Bought for my boyfriend for his Birthday and almost kept it for myself then I decided I could borrow it.

There seem to be a few good quotes sprinkled around, but a lot of them are unremarkable, cliche, or hackneyed humor.

In my opinion, this book is not funny! That is the main criteria for a "funny saying" from a humorous quote book.

Some "funny sayings" from the book in alphabetical order (being alphabetized I found helpful),

"Jesus Christ- if you [General Bertrand] do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well; then I did wrong to make you a general. Napoleon Bonaparte"

"Jew- I determine who is Jew. Hermann Goering"

On the cover,
"I did not attend this funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. Mark Twain"

"A candle lights others and consumes itself."

Had I read that this book wasn't funny I might have paused before I bought the book. Maybe I can offer someone else the time to read a bit more about this book, because we all know, "It is not good to wake a sleeping lion" (also from the cover).