1001 Smartest Things Ever Said »

Steven D. Price, a consulting editor of The Lyons Press, is the author of more than twenty-three books, including 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, The Quotable Horse Lover, The Ultimate Fishing Guide, and Old As the Hills: The Story of Bluegrass Music. A resident of New York City, he is a keen observer of human achievement and folly.

In this witty collection you will find quotations grouped in categories that reflect the range of human existence, hopes, and achievement:

Love and Friendship
"The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing."-Blaise Pascal

Success and Ways to Achieve It
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."-Sir Winston Churchill

The Life of the Mind
"Don't talk unless you can improve the silence."-Jorge Luis Borges

Politics and Politicians, Government and Statesmen
"Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes."-Benjamin Franklin

Proverbial Wisdom
"Joy shared is twice the joy. Sorrow shared is half the sorrow."-Swedish proverb