"This collection contains some real gems!" UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL From Golda Meir to Erma Bombeck...from Aldous Huxley to Abbie Hoffman...from Oscar Wilde to W.C. Fields...from Queen Victoria to Mae West...from Aristotle to Idi Amin....here are the 637 best things anybody ever said--on God, Life, Death, Murder, Stupidity, Narcisism, Birth, Youth, Sex, Love, Marriage, Horses, Greeks, Romans, Politics, Literature, Drink, Presidents, and a great deal more.

This catalog of wit and wisdom features collected one-liners, retorts, quips, and other short statements chosen for their pith and punch

A collection of 1,911 quotes from scholars, comedians, political candidates, writers, reporters, philosophers, and other people from throughout history.

An irreverent selection of humorous quotes, one-liners, definitions, and quips features words of wisdom from contributors ranging from Goethe to David Letterman on such topics as families, philosophy, movies and television, and education.

Drawing from diverse personages from Goethe to Churchill to Woody Allen, The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said is a witty wise quotation collection that deserves a special place on every humor lover's bookshelf. These unique, funny, 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: —W. C. Fields: "Start every day with a smile and get it over with." —George Burns:” "Happiness is having a large loving family in another city." And many more.

With two other books full of witty, outrageous, and observant quotes, Robert Byrne still had more to report. Here is the third collection in this intriguing array of clever ripostes, insouciant double entendres, and pearls of wisdom, as uttered by comedians, writers, showmen, philsophers, teachers, politicians, athletes, and more.