8,789 Words of Wisdom

by Barbara Ann Kipfer

Book Overview

An essential, obsessive collection of all those wise and quirky sayings we've heard before--plus plenty of essential, obscure ones to discover--now all in one place. With words of comfort and motivation, humor and warmth, here are thousands of proverbs, precepts, maxims, adages, and axioms--8,789 of them, to be precise--that prove just as true today as the day they were coined. Polished over years of use, there's the unexpected, the playful, even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076111730X
• ISBN13: 9780761117308
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 3.8" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

A very good collection of sayings and quotes, the author has made a great job.We all need from time to time kind words of wisdom to brighten our day. Author: Bogdan Alexandru Sirbu Thoughts across Time

A message for everyday for everyone

Great book. There is something for everybody, and Barbara is correct when she says turn to any page and find the secrets of life.. For $8.95, it's worth a whole lot more. Beautifully done!

What wisdom - what entertainment.

An invaluable book... delve in anywhere; and if one quote doesn't "speak to your condition", you're bound to find a dozen others that do. It's witty; inspirational; kind; meditative - and I've bought so many copies as gifts that I reckon I'll soon be 'on commission' for sales! (That's a jest). It's my travelling companion on whatever part of the globe I may be.

This book should be Audio!!

It's a great book to pick up and scan through. I think it would be even better if the book was on a disk I could put in my Car CD player. With maybe some meditative music in the background I could just let the words of wisdon sink in on my way home from work. Could someone let me know if that is already a work in process?

Inspirational

I love this book! Daily I read just a few pages to inspire me and sets my mood for the day to do things more wisely. One sentence quotes from Proverbs, to saying heard you heard growing up. This is a fun book to keep in your car to read in traffic or in a bathroom setting. A great gift for those that might be feeling down.