“Once you’re dead, you’re made for life,” said Jimi Hendrix. This collection of “Smart Quotes for Dumb Times” delighted me. The quotations are organized by subject with a useful name index so you can browse by topic or person. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it,” said Alan Kay. Or how about “To be a woman is something so strange, so confusing, and so complicated that only a woman could put up with it.” The author of those words was Soren Kierkegaard. I could go on and cite a dozen more cool quotations (quotations are like potato chips, you can’t stop at one), but I’ll end with this one: “Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it,” according to P. J. O’Rourke. GRADE: A
Words to die by.
The quotations in IF IGNORANCE IS BLISS include more than the average collection of aphorisms by women making wry observations, Patti. It’s well worth a look.
I stand with H.L. Mencken – no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
There are several Mencken sayings in this collection, Jeff. How about “There is no idea so stupid that you can’t get some professor to believe it.”
Looks like a lot of fun.
I love books like this where you can dip in and find great sayings, Rick. How about Winston Churchill saying, “The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
As my dad used to say, “It’s enough to make a man think.”
Your Dad was a wise man, Dan. My Dad used to say, “Life is tough, but when you do stupid things it gets a lot tougher.”
That Churchill quote, George. Does that mean Rush Limbaugh is occasionally right? Oh my.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day, Rick.