{"product_id":"the-speakers-book-of-quotations-completely-revised-and-updated-isbn-9780449005606","title":"The Speaker's Book of Quotations, Completely Revised and Updated","description":"FROM THE WORLDS OF BUSINESS, POLITICS, HISTORY, LITERATURE, ENTERTAINMENT, AND MORE . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Think how much happier women would be if, instead of endlessly fretting about what the males in their lives are thinking, they could relax, secure in the knowledge that the correct answer is: very little.\"\u003cbr\u003e--DAVE BARRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'd tell you what I really thought about the national media, but as my good friend Dana Carvey would say, 'Wouldn't be prudent. Not gonna do it.' \"\u003cbr\u003e--GEORGE BUSH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?\"\u003cbr\u003e--JEAN COCTEAU\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't find fault. Find a remedy.\"\u003cbr\u003e--HENRY FORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Peace is more precious than a piece of land.\"\u003cbr\u003e--ANWAR SADAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"People who read tabloids deserve to be lied to.\"\u003cbr\u003e--JERRY SEINFELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of lifetime.\"\u003cbr\u003e--ADLAI STEVENSON\u003cb\u003eHenry O. Dormann\u003c\/b\u003e is a man of unique talents and achievements. He was the founder and the first executive director of the Library of Presidential Papers. He has served as president of the Technical Development Corporation, a division of the US Banknote Corporation; chairman of the board of the \u003ci\u003eNational Enquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, the largest circulated newspaper in the United States; president and editor in chief of SIPA Publications; president and editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eHoliday\u003c\/i\u003e magazine; chairman of the Haitian American Community Development Corporation; chairman of Sabador, Inc., Liberia; chairman of the New York Assembly Committee on Economic Development; chairman of the International Board of Industrial Advisors; and chairman and editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eLeaders \u003c\/i\u003emagazine.AGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to make a king smile, or a president, or a CEO, or a newfound friend:\u003cbr\u003e\"After years of trying to put people at ease before an interview, I have\u003cbr\u003efound the perfect solution. You shake hands, take a step back, look the person in the eye, and exclaim with astonishment, \"Why, you look so much younger than your photographs!\" It works every time. The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.\" \u003cbr\u003eSigmund Z. Engel\u003cbr\u003eAs quoted in Newsweek\u003cbr\u003eJuly 4, 1949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.\"\u003cbr\u003eMary McCarthy (1912-1989)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican author, critic\u003cbr\u003eAs quoted in Forbes\u003cbr\u003eJuly 26, 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Age is not particularly interesting. Anyone can get old. All you have to\u003cbr\u003edo is live long enough.\"\u003cbr\u003eGroucho Marx (1890-1977)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican actor\u003cbr\u003eGroucho and Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.\"\u003cbr\u003eBob Hope (b. 1903)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican comedian\u003cbr\u003eAs quoted in the \u003cbr\u003e  International Herald Tribune\u003cbr\u003eAugust 3, 1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and\u003cbr\u003ewhen you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed.\u003cbr\u003eIt evens itself out.\"\u003cbr\u003eI. F. Stone (1907-1989)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican journalist\u003cbr\u003eAs quoted in the International Herald Tribune\u003cbr\u003eMarch 16, 1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A man does not get old because he nears death; a man gets old because he\u003cbr\u003ecan no longer see the false from the good.\"\u003cbr\u003eCharles Bukowski (1920-1994)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican author\u003cbr\u003eScreams from the Balcony: \u003cbr\u003e  Selected Letters, 1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The older you get the stronger the wind gets--and it's always in your face.\"\u003cbr\u003eJack Nicklaus (b. 1940)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican athlete\u003cbr\u003eAs quoted in the \u003cbr\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 28, 1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. That\u003cbr\u003edisgusts me.\"\u003cbr\u003eJane Fonda (b. 1937)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican actress\u003cbr\u003eAs quoted in The Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 13, 1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The businessman is the person to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom.\"\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)\u003cbr\u003eIrish playwright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When I get up in the morning the first thing I do is read the obituaries.\u003cbr\u003eIf my name's not in there, I shave.\"\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Burns (1896-1996)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican comedian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernard Baruch at a press conference on his ninety-fifth birthday\u003cbr\u003eannounced that during the next year he'd learn to speak Greek fluently. A\u003cbr\u003ereporter asked: \"Mr. Baruch you're ninety-five years old. Why would you\u003cbr\u003ewant to speak Greek now?\" He replied: \"I am ninety-five years old. It's\u003cbr\u003enow or never.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Buy old masters; they fetch a much higher price than older mistresses.\"\u003cbr\u003eLord William Maxwell Aitken Beaverbrook (1879-1964)\u003cbr\u003eBritish financier, statesman, and newspaper owner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why can't life's problems come to us at eighteen when we know everything?\"\u003cbr\u003eAnonymous\u003cbr\u003e\"Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to\u003cbr\u003eform.\"\u003cbr\u003eAndre Maurois (1885-1967)\u003cbr\u003eFrench biographer and novelist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.\"\u003cbr\u003eBernard Baruch (1870-1965)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican statesman and financier\u003cbr\u003eSpeech, November 1960, Overseas\u003cbr\u003e  Press Club, New York City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Age does not matter if the matter does not age.\"\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Pena Romulo (1901-1985)\u003cbr\u003ePhilippine diplomat, educator, and former president\u003cbr\u003eSpeech upon retirement from the U.N.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Somerset Maugham was recuperating from the flu an admirer called and\u003cbr\u003easked, \"Could I send you fruit, or would you prefer flowers?\" He was\u003cbr\u003eeighty-eight years old. He told her, \"It's too late for fruit, too early for flowers.\"\u003cbr\u003eW. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)\u003cbr\u003eBritish author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I made my debut as a twelve-year-old in Berlin, people used to say,\u003cbr\u003e\"Isn't he wonderful for his age?\" Now they're beginning to say the same\u003cbr\u003ething again.\u003cbr\u003eMischa Elman (1891-1967)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican violinist, born in Russia\u003cbr\u003eOn his 70th birthday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChauncey Depew met Mary Garden, the Metropolitan Opera star who had a\u003cbr\u003efigure equal to her talent. Seeing her in a gown of pronounced\u003cbr\u003edecolletage, he asked her what keeps her dress up. She replied, \"Two\u003cbr\u003ethings: your age and my discretion.\"\u003cbr\u003eChauncey M. Depew (1834-1928)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican lawyer, legislator, orator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I always wake up in the morning a young man.\"\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Pena Romulo (1901-1985)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I do not feel any age yet. There is no age to the spirit.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Children are a great help. They are a comfort in your old age. And they\u003cbr\u003ehelp you reach it faster, too.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"How old would you be if you didn't know how old \u003cbr\u003eyou were?\"\u003cbr\u003eRuth Gordon (1896-1984)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican actress, playwright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nothing is free. Even age. Age is the fee God charges for life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at\u003cbr\u003esixty, it will be your soul's own doing.\"\u003cbr\u003eMarie Stopes (1880-1958)\u003cbr\u003eBritish advocate of birth control\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou know you're getting older when the candles cost more than the cake.\u003cbr\u003eBob Hope (b. 1903)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican comedian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's\u003cbr\u003esuch a nice change from being young.\"\u003cbr\u003eDorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.\"\u003cbr\u003eGarson Kanin (b. 1912)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican author","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303412781285,"sku":"NP9780449005606","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780449005606.jpg?v=1767741612","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-speakers-book-of-quotations-completely-revised-and-updated-isbn-9780449005606","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}