- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (Jun 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0842336710
- ISBN-13: 978-0842336710
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #13 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Reference > Quotations
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Many great things have been said since the beginning of time. Many are wise, many are funny, and some are both. Wise Words and Quotes presents these classic sayings that encourage, inspire, and entertain. Topics from Accomplishments to Youth (sorry, no inspiring quotes about Zebras!) feature timeless wisdom from the Bible--plus wise and clever quotes from everywhere else!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of money, time, and shelf space!,
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This review is from: Wise Words and Quotes (Paperback)
Quotes are great tools to corroborate your arguments and to stress your points. However, what's the worth of a quote that has no source? As far as it goes, you can make yourself as many as you want without having to buy this book!When I started looking for a quotes book I wanted a book that amasses quotable quotes from famous authors, legendary leaders, respectable scholars, and historical figures! Such quotes would be of great value when you're writing essay reports, professional CV's, speeches, and personal statements. Thus when I found this book I thought that my search has concluded! Once I received the book though, disappointment grew heavy inside me. The author of this book categorized the quotes under more than 100 topics. At the beginning of the book you find an index of all the topics in the book, which seemed to be a good start. But once you start reading the book you realize that more than 70% of the quotes are mentioned without a source! And to be more disappointing, most of the sources of the remaining 30% are either unrecognizable or irrelevant to topic of the quote! To site an example, I needed quotes about leadership. However, almost all of the quotes were mentioned without sources, an act that labels them "Worthless!" And the few quotes that had sources were quotes from figures who never assumed positions of leadership! It is also worth mentioning that the quotes without sources are not that interesting either. I can collect many quotes from newspapers and magazines that challenge the quality of the quotes in this book. In the end, I totally regret buying this book for the purpose mentioned above. Also, I can't think of any other useful purpose that this book can serve. If you still intend to buy this book, then it might be wise to keep on searching because I'm sure there must be something better out there. Good luck.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most Excellent Resource,
By David H. Livergood "David Livergood" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wise Words and Quotes (Paperback)
I own numerous quote books (and use them weekly) but none of them are so full of great quotes(pardon the expression) as this one. Every page has numerous quotes that are succinct and interesting for most any reader.The book is lacking when it comes to crediting sources I will admit...but there are just so many gems here in such an accessible format. Many books are ponderous with the amount and number of quotes...this book has about 10 to 15 quotes per page that are pithy, to the point and organized well. (If you really want to find out who said what you can google any quote and usually you will find the original source.) 19 of 26 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of money, time, and shelf space!,
By Abdullah Z Jefri "Aceous" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wise Words and Quotes (Paperback)
Quotes are great tools to corroborate your arguments and to stress your points. However, what's the worth of a quote that has no source? As far as it goes, you can make yourself as many as you want without having to buy this book!When I started looking for a quotes book I wanted a book that amasses quotable quotes from famous authors, legendary leaders, respectable scholars, and historical figures! Such quotes would be of great value when you're writing essay reports, professional CV's, speeches, and personal statements. Thus when I found this book I thought that my search has concluded! Once I received the book though, disappointment grew heavy inside me. The author of this book categorized the quotes under more than 100 topics. At the beginning of the book you find an index of all the topics in the book, which seemed to be a good start. But once you start reading the book you realize that more than 70% of the quotes are mentioned without a source! And to be more disappointing, most of the sources of the remaining 30% are either unrecognizable or irrelevant to topic of the quote! To site an example, I needed quotes about leadership. However, almost all of the quotes were mentioned without sources, an act that labels them "Worthless!" And the few quotes that had sources were quotes from figures who never assumed positions of leadership! It is also worth mentioning that the quotes without sources are not that interesting either. I can collect many quotes from newspapers and magazines that challenge the quality of the quotes in this book. In the end, I totally regret buying this book for the purpose mentioned above. Also, I can't think of any other useful purpose that this book can serve. If you still intend to buy this book, then it might be wise to keep on searching because I'm sure there must be something better out there. Good luck. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very Disappointed,
By Todd Hagopian "CEO of the Hagopian Institute ... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wise Words and Quotes (Paperback)
As a fellow quote collector, I have bought nearly every quote book I have ever run across. This is literally the first quote book I have ever seen with hundreds of quotations that do not list the author of the quote...not exactly what most quote lovers are looking for.I did give the book an extra star because I enjoyed the table of contents that seperated the quotes by categories, which most quote books do not do. There are plenty of good quotes in here, but I would advise customers to take advantage of the "Search Inside" function on Amazon to make sure that this book is the kind of quote book they are looking for. |
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