- Paperback: 672 pages
- Publisher: Touchstone; Reprint edition (Dec 31 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743235797
- ISBN-13: 978-0743235792
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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- #12 in Books > Reference > Encyclopedias > Humour
- #47 in Books > Entertainment > Humour > Jokes & Riddles
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Drawing from diverse personages -- Goethe to Churchill to Woody Allen -- Robert Byrne has mined a collection of wit and wisdom that deserves a special place on every humor lover's bookshelf. These unique, witty, and outrageous quotations, previously published in four separate volumes, are now gathered together in a seemingly limitless trove of pithy and often irreverent one-liners, retorts, put-downs, jokes, and last words that cover every conceivable subject and will appeal to every taste. Highlights include:
"Start every day with a smile and get it over with." -- W. C. Fields
"Men read maps better than women because only men understand that an inch can equal a hundred miles." -- Roseanne Barr
"Happiness is having a large loving family in another city." -- George Burns
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A giant volume of pithy and often irreverent one-liners, retorts, jokes, definitions, and last words covers every imaginable subject and is guaranteed to delight, amuse, and enlighten readers of all tastes.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Byrne is a bit of a rogue,
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This review is from: The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (Paperback)
This is as fun as any number of similar books, perhaps even more so, but there are some er... surprising features:- a fair number of the "best things anyone's ever said" were apparently said by Robert Byrne himself. Hmm... - Where Byrne doesn't like the quote he just changes it, Oscar Wilde in particular gets mangled - I can't prove it, but I'm sure some of these quotes are just made up: one from Andrew Mellon in particular rings false - Sometimes he gives the source of the quote, sometimes he can't be bothered - Michael Douglas is "Michael Douglas, actor and producer", all the other yahoos you've never heard of remain just a bunch of names Anyway - there are 2 types of readers out there: those that find Byrne's roguishness charming, and those that don't. I'm sort of in the former group, as is Byrne himself.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very entertaining.,
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This review is from: The 2548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (Hardcover)
Usually, I only review music, but I just have to put in my two cents on this book.Perhaps a better title for this extremely entertaining quote book is "The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said When They Were In A Really Cynical Mood." By limiting himself to the acerbic, Robert Byrne has created a most unusual quote book. Unlike most qoute books, this is not a reference book, but rather a book to be read for pleasure. All in all, superb bathroom reading.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable conversation piece type book,
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This review is from: The 2548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (Hardcover)
Maybe 2,548 quotes but not that many different quotes. The book is a combination of his previous four books. They are placed one after the other and bound together as one book. The problem is that the books have not been culled of repeats. So, many quotes show up in all four books and therefore show up four times in this book.I will have to say that it contains lots of quotes that I have not seen anywhere else and it is an enjoyable read. Each of the four books is organized into logical sections and related quotes in each section. When you have ten minutes of time to kill it is easy to pick up and read a few passages and then put it down. It is an interesting read and is well worth the price even with the repeats.
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