By John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
A very solid citation ebook - one that accrued the truest and funniest insights of the easiest minds, and organised them into greater than four hundred topics, from ambition to fret (or from artichokes to home windows) - a e-book which provided you an invaluable tackle nearly each state of affairs lifestyles throws at you (from the demise of your kid's hamster to the unified thought of everything), a sourcebook of clever one-liners, of knock-out jokes, of drole asides and heartfelt statements of fact and sweetness, a realistic guide of interestingness, good, that will be worthy having. And, bet what? these considerate gents at QI have get a hold of one.
As good because the charges themselves, there's a Prologue from the Bantermaster himself, Mr Stephen Fry, and many rather fascinating heritage info at the humans quoted (and misquoted). Six years of studying the way to stay away from the uninteresting stuff have left the QI staff in a uniquely stable place to carry this elusive holy grail: the massive, beneficial, humorous and very excellent e-book of quotations.
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BUSH Butterflies Butterflies are creatures of little importance and have never played much part in international commerce, either of goods or ideas. Collins Field Guide to the Butterflies & Moths of Britain & Europe (1997) What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. RICHARD BACH Author of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (1970). The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. RABINDRANATH TAGORE The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity.
G. J. NATHAN To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. TOM STOPPARD The artist should never try to be popular. Rather the public should be more artistic. OSCAR WILDE To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist. ROBERT SCHUMANN Astrology The stars, as I have already stated, are attached to the world and not, as the man in the street thinks, assigned to each of us, shining in proportion to our individual lot. PLINY THE ELDER Astrology is a disease, not a science.
FRANK CLARK Writer of the daily ‘Country Parson’ cartoon in the Des Moines Register & Tribune from 1955 until his death in 1991. It was syndicated in more than 200 newspapers. The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible. BERTRAND RUSSELL Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because it is your national belief, believe not because you have been made to believe from your childhood, but reason truth out, and after you have analysed it, then if you find it will do good to one and all, believe it, live up to it and help others live up to it.
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