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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations 18th Edition

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Product Details

  • Series: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
  • Hardcover: 1504 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 18 edition (November 6, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0316017590
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316017596
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 2.1 x 10.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsSome of the classic quotes are being lost
By Norman M. Canter on January 14, 2013
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Between the 15th Edition and the 18th Edition..75 pages have been eliminated from the earliest times to Lincoln. I fear that some of the giants have been shrunk to make room for quotations of some of the pygmies that are more modern. The baby has been thrown out with the bathwater. The book continues to be indispensable...but keep your
old editions for ready reference with the new ones as you acquire them.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSerendipity Rules
By Paige Turner on August 15, 2013
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This big book is a must have for quotation fans.

Why in the age of Google and an internet flooded with quotations sites would we need a big heavy book of quotations?

One word: serendipity.

With this great book, you can page through and randomly find amazing quotations. Or you can read the book in order, which is chronological. What a way to discover great thinkers, writers and statesmen!

I love to randomly open a page and just see what interesting quote I can find.

Of course the other reason to buy this book is: organization.

It is well indexed by key word and also organized by whom is quoted, in chronological order.

What a fantastic desk-top resource this is.
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5.0 out of 5 starsYou Could Spend Days Here
By A.S. McGee on November 7, 2012
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Fantastic book. You can open it up to a random page and be transported to a completely different world and time. You'll keep doing this over and over again, and fortunately it doesn't appear to induce motion sickness. You can also place this volume on the ground and stand on it to see over a crowd. Depending on your height, your mileage may vary. Very happy with this purchase.
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5.0 out of 5 starslove new, updated version
By Becky B on December 25, 2012
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One of my childhood memories is the copy of Barlett's on my parents' desk. I would spend hours browsing the familiar quotes, ilespecially those made by famous, familar people. Although I purchased this for my college age grandchild, I found myself again browsing its pages. Some of the quotations were the ones of old, but as I read so many that have been added since the one I loved as a child, I became nostalgic.I would read a quotation and memories would coming flooding back. I would think of what was going on in my life at the time, the state of the world when the quote was made. Many quotes made me sad because I know what the future held for the speaker. Others made me smile. Most made me grateful for the life I have lived through these recent historic decades. Bartlett's not merely a list of memorial quotes, but a commentary of our culture and times.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFind Out What Einstein Really Said
By A.Trendl HungarianBookstore.com VINE VOICE on October 9, 2014
Format: Hardcover
As a speechwriter, I'm asked to include quotes from noteworthy people. Invariably, my clients see something on Facebook and are convinced it is accurate. It might be, but we all know Albert Einstein didn't say everything attributed to him.

That's where Bartlett's Familiar Quotations kicks in. I've been using this since childhood, and now, as it is continually updated, it searches for the balances of classical and new quotes.

Among the things Bartlett's does better than some former Star Trek star posting quotable memes on social media is that these are vetted. They are sourced. You know who really said them. Don't speak at a fundraiser and say, "J. K. Rowling said..." when, in fact, it was actually in the Bible, Shakespeare or Bob Dylan. Bartlett's will help you there.

Can it be better? Yes. It can be thicker. Make it comprehensive, not merely portable. As the marketing copy says, it now includes, "Warren Buffett, the Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, David Foster Wallace, Emily Post, Steve Jobs, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Krugman, Hunter S. Thompson, Jon Stewart, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Barack Obama, Che Guevara, Randy Pausch, Desmond Tutu, Julia Child, Fran Leibowitz, Harper Lee, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Patti Smith, William F. Buckley, and Robert F. Kennedy." That's great, but be sure to retain the classics.

While for me, this is a tool of the trade, it is also wildly entertaining, inspiring and challenging. There are reasons speakers love using quotes: they say important things well.

Whether you want this at your office or on your coffee table, buy Bartlett's.

Anthony Trendl
AmericanSpeechwriter.com
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5.0 out of 5 starsBasics
By Spinner on August 22, 2013
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If y our a doctor you have Gray's anatomy. If your a lawyer you have Blacks law dictionary. If your a serious writer you have Bartlett's quotations.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA staple for speakers and writers.
By L.M. on March 9, 2016
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As a professional speaker, a creator of picture word quotes, and a writer, this is an indispensable resource. I often browse for quotes that inspire material to wrote or speak about, not vice versa. Lots of old standard quotes, and lots I have not heard or read before.

If serious about speaking or writing, be serious about acquiring this resource.
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4.0 out of 5 starsClassic Collection, But "Search" in eBook is Challenging
By David Schoonover on March 19, 2015
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Bartlett's is THE Classic collection of quotations. Some may find the organization confusing, with the quotes arranged by author, in the order of the year of the author's birth. (Shakespeare in the 1500s, Kennedy in the 1900s).
I got the eBook version, which appears to be complete, but the search function drives me crazy. That's my problem; if it's yours too, think of alternatives ... for example, I just got a hardcover version of a different book of quotes.
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