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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 A fun coffee table book Mar 11, 2009
In the Internet age, a book of quotations has to work hard to justify its existence. Fortunately, the Yale Book does so: It's pretty, well-organized, and consistently entertaining. Moreover, Fred Shapiro has done his homework to ensure that the quotes found in this book are reliably attributed; I don't know of any quotation website that can be trusted to omit common apocrypha, such as the bon mot commonly misattributed to Churchill: "If a man is not a socialist when he is 20, then he has no heart. But if a man is still a socialist when he is 40, then he has no head."
If you're interested in the latest quote investigations from Fred Shapiro, he contributes to the Freakonomics blog from time to time.
compare to bartlett's Oct 17, 2008
Yale Bk of Quotations was a suggestion from the Wall Street Journal of essential resource books to have in a home library. Since we already have Bartlett's (doesn't everyone?) we purchased the Yale Book. Great idea. More current, more "pop" language, more American English oriented. A great choice. Helpful and fun. Just to sit and skim the contents is a pleasure and diversion. Enjoy.
1 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Not very wide in range - book returned Sep 20, 2008
No new quotes that were interesting to me. I was looking for several noteable quotes from several noteable people, none of whom were cited.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Superb Aug 02, 2008
This is a wonderful collection, reflects a wide and discerning sensibility. Especially good are "film lines."
21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Well researched...but incomplete May 05, 2008
It is my strong belief that any person, in any profession, can benefit from a well placed quote or two. I purchased this book because good quotes are often overused and poorly sourced, and a good source of strong quotations can be invaluable.
I was pretty disappointed with the book once I got it. The emphasis seems to be on determining the exact wording and true original source of the quote: Very important details indeed, but accurate boring quotes are still boring quotes. The Yale Book of Quotations seems to have missed the point. Often we want to motivate, prove a point, or illustrate an idea with the use of quotations, and this utility of quotes should have been the primary focus.
I find the book to be only 1/2 as useful as I had hoped (deciding between 2 and 3 stars was tough). When I think of the hours spent by researchers and collaborators to find an original source, my mouse creeps toward the middle star. When I think about the full page dedicated to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards quotes, which are, in fact, all excerpts from original sources that are available today (you guessed it, Rolling Stones albums), my pointer jumps sharply to the left.
Its not a bad book, just not what I expected. Not as useful, not as interesting. So don't make the mistake I did, and find out what this book offers before you make the purchase.
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