General & Miscellaneous Humor, General & Miscellaneous Quotations, American Peoples & Cultures - Quotations

Will Rogers speaks

Name: Will Rogers speaks
Author: Bryan Sterling
ISBN: 9780871317957

by Sterling, Bryan B., Frances N., Rogers, Will

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Overview

Will Rogers was quoted more often than any other source besides the Bible and Shakespeare. Now his insightful wit is brought together in a collection of sayings organized by topic.

Over 2,000 quotes from 400 categories by America's best-loved humorist on such subjects as Americans, the world at large, government, city blight, taxes, Congress, and more. A must for every public speaker, researcher or Americana buff, this encyclopedic compendium features quotes in alphabetical order, and ranges from the philosophical to the very funny.

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Library Journal

Acting on the assumption that there's always room for one more-a slogan credited to sardine packers-the Sterlings have put together what appears to be their sixth book of selections from Will Rogers's sayings. It's a ships-shoes-sealing wax affair in which everything is arranged alphabetically by topic-bankers, Democrats, fashions, Indians, taxes, etc. A brief biographical note introduces the quotes and the man. There isn't much, really, to say about Rogers's oeuvre at this late date. He belongs to the ages. His name stands impregnably for dry wit, homespun humor, and the power to see the world as a magnificent farce, without glamour and without bitterness. With all due respect for the labor of love performed by the Sterlings, it is doubtful that many libraries need this book.-A.J. Anderson, GSLIS, Simmons Coll., Boston