Kategoria BISAC: Reference >> Quotations

Charles Darwin and his revolutionary ideas inspired pundits the world over to put pen to paper. In this unique dictionary of quotations, Darwin scholar Thomas Glick presents fascinating observations about Darwin and his ideas from such notable figures as P. T. Barnum, Anton Chekhov, Mahatma Gandhi, Carl Jung, Martin Luther King, Mao Tse-tung, Pius IX, Jules Verne, and Virginia Woolf.

What was it about Darwin that generated such widespread interest? His Origin of Species changed the world. Naturalists, clerics, politicians, novelists, poets, musicians, economists, and...

-Hassan Massoudy's calligraphies are arranged to loosely follow the seasons, beginning and ending with autumn: sombre, wintry hues at one end, brilliant tones full of vibrant reds at the other.---Venetia Porter

Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter and the fading hues of autumn to delicate spring growth and the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer, he captures in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words.

Massoudy draws his seasonal inspirations from writers and artists, including Kahlil...

This book is a collection of English proverbs, sentences, and proverbial phrases from the Middle Ages. The material is drawn from an exhaustive examination of the surviving texts, mainly printed ones but some still in manuscript. Certain books written later than 1500, usually by authors who were born twenty years or so before the turn of the century, are included, and John Heywood, the first great assembler of English proverbs, is represented by the sayings he compiled.

, "No matter how popular a saying may appear," Mr. Whiting points out in his Preface, "it comes to us at...

A repackaged edition of the revered author's essays in which he deliberates on contemporary issues, from the moral to the spiritual to the practical.

C. S. Lewis--the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics--was one of the foremost religious philosophers of the twentieth century; a thinker whose far-reaching influence on Christianity continues to be felt today.

Demonstrating Lewis's...

A ribald collection of bon mots on everything from bras to babies, shopping to sex, menopause to men, and politics to parties...

""I'm everything you were afraid your little girl would grow up to be--and your little boy."" --Bette Midler
""The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing--and then they marry him."" --Cher
""I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete."" --Bette Davis
""You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a...

A Collection of Axioms, Passages & Proverbs From

? Che Guevara ? Bob Marley ? Mao Tse Tung ? George Jackson ? Noam Chomsky ? Patrice Lumumba ? Leonard Peltier ? Richard Pryor ? Bruce Lee ? H. Rap Brown ? Will Rogers ? Kwame Ture ? Plato ? Chief Seattle ? Maurice Bishop ? Anne Wilson Schaef ? Martin Luther King, Jr. ? Mahatma Gandhi ? Helen Keller ? Stevie Wonder ? Buddha ? Fidel Castro ? Ptah-Hotep ? Denzel Washington ? Socrates ? Karl Marx ? Arundhati Roy ? Paul Robeson ? Zhuge Liang ? Malcolm X ? Confucius ? Sekou Toure? ? Marvin Gaye ? Mother Jones ? Hugo Chavez ? Kwame Nkrumah ?...

A Collection of Axioms, Passages & Proverbs From

? Che Guevara ? Bob Marley ? Mao Tse Tung ? George Jackson ? Noam Chomsky ? Patrice Lumumba ? Leonard Peltier ? Richard Pryor ? Bruce Lee ? H. Rap Brown ? Will Rogers ? Kwame Ture ? Plato ? Chief Seattle ? Maurice Bishop ? Anne Wilson Schaef ? Martin Luther King, Jr. ? Mahatma Gandhi ? Helen Keller ? Stevie Wonder ? Buddha ? Fidel Castro ? Ptah-Hotep ? Denzel Washington ? Socrates ? Karl Marx ? Arundhati Roy ? Paul Robeson ? Zhuge Liang ? Malcolm X ? Confucius ? Sekou Toure? ? Marvin Gaye ? Mother Jones ? Hugo Chavez ? Kwame Nkrumah ?...

Dead White Guys is a timely defense of the great books, arriving in the middle of a national debate about the fate of these books in high schools and universities around the country. Burriesci shows how the great books can enrich our lives as individuals, as citizens, and in our careers. Extending the argument first made by Anna Quinndlen's on the act of reading itself, How Reading Changed My Life," ("It is like the rubbing of two sticks together to make a fire, the act of reading, an improbable pedestrian task that leads to heat and light, ) Burriesci reminds us all of the enormous...

'Writers on... Drink' illustrates the complex, funny and fraught relationships between writers and this most human of vices. This collection of thoughts on alcohol, poured onto the page, gives a taste of the literary world's greatest insights on imbibing. Pens-down, and bottoms-up

The 'Writers on...' series is a collection of extracts, anecdotes and occasional philosophical musings from the world's most well known authors. This book of quotes, inspirational poems, letters, and quips, celebrates writers who have an individual, creative outlook on the world; on subjects from 'drink'...

The 'Writers on...' series is a collection of extracts, anecdotes, quotations and occasional philosophical musings from the world's most influential authors. It celebrates writers who have an individual, creative outlook on the world; on subjects from 'drink' to 'death', and 'love' to 'libraries'. Starting with ancient civilisations and moving towards the present day, this collection of intellectual and often humorous reflections provides a fascinating insight into a vast array of topics. What all these issues have in common though, is that in some way they have all enthused, influenced,...

This delightful collection of quotes reveals the life lessons we can glean from our time in the kitchen. With gorgeous food photographs and heartwarming down-home kitchen shots throughout, this ode to kitchen wisdom passes down sayings and advice that even Grandma would approve of, from generations of...