There have been many men who have graced this planet. They have been the wise people who never felt shy to tell the world what they thought. Their words have helped us shape ourselves to what we are today. They have encouraged us to do something more for humanity. Without these words, we would not be inspired to gain more knowledge, to be more spiritual, and to have a more meaningful life. Thoughts Across Time lists many of these words. Most of them will provoke your mind. Some of them will surprise you. Many of them will inspire you. Thoughts Across Time is the book to read when you want to put a smile on your face during times of trouble, when you need to strengthen the bond between you and your loved one, or when you need to know the secrets of success. You will discover that many of the great men and women of history always had something to say to uplift the people, to share the gift of love, and to answer life's burning questions. Thoughts Across Time is a book worth having, reading and giving to others.It contains the thoughts and words of the wisest people who have graced the Earth. Dare and open the book to any page and you will discover the secrets of life.

Eldritch . . . cacodaemoniacal . . . lucubration . . . Have you ever wondered about the meaning of these and other esoteric words used by Lovecraft and his colleagues? In this immense dictionary, the product of years of scholarship and research, Dan Clore not only defines thousands of words found in the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, and others, but supplies their derivation and, most impressively, provides parallel usages of the words from centuries of English usage, citing authors ranging from Cotton Mather to Henry Kuttner, from Edmund Spenser to Samuel R. Delany. This is a volume that scholars of English usage, enthusiasts of fantasy and horror literature, and readers who love the beauty of the English language will find richly rewarding . . . either to read from beginning to end or to dip into as the mood strikes them. Dan Clore is a free-lance writer and scholar who has published articles in Lovecraft Studies, Studies in Weird Fiction and numerous other journals and critical anthologies. His fiction is collected in The Unspeakable and Others, first published in 2001.

Quotations are like tools, gauges, meters, warning lights, instruments and controls, which are essential for the smooth operation of our life's vehicle. Because of their depth and poignancy, they serve as palatable cooked-and-packaged food, and save us the hassle of collecting ingredients and cooking them ourselves. The minimum they do for us is to widen our list of options to handle different situations of life and be better prepared for all eventualities.

"The centrifugal pull of great literature, as embodied by the work of these twenty-five writers, draws us into a fuller realization of our humanity." - Daniel Simon, editor-in-chief of World Literature Today For the last fifty years, The Neustadt Prize has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, second only to the Nobel. Poets, novelists, and playwrights from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Czeslaw Milosz and Dubravka Ugresic are listed among the ranks of laureate. Now, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary, Dispatches from the Republic of Letters gathers the acceptance speeches of these twenty-five pioneering writers into one volume, edited and with an introduction by World Literature Today editor-in-chief Daniel Simon.

One cannot collect great quotations for very long without finding some great one-liners by Coleman Cox. His favorite topic is sales, but he covers all areas of business and life. Coleman Cox is inspiring and humorous. Originally published almost a century ago, this timeless wisdom remains fresh and useful in the 21st Century.

This compilation of quotes was designed to put all of the accolades, wit, wisdom and remarks pertinent to the Marine Corps and the practice of leadership into one volume. Many of them will be familiar, and many will be read for the first time - but they will all stimulate, fascinate and motivate!

Sex, drugs, egos, money, fans, music, God and who we love and hate - the rock stars have their say. From Bob Dylan to Amy Winehouse, here are over 2000 quotations that highlight the wisdom and stupidity of rock stars over the years.

Proverbs, Tall Tales, and Humorous Sayings of a Bygone Era
Fred G. Wilson s childhood was set against the backdrop of The Great Depression and World War II, formative years that shaped his own character and the character of a nation. Having a sense of humor seemed to ease the misery of those bygone days, he writes, and people poked fun at each other and sought to make light of the woes they were experiencing. Out of this era came some colorful, humorous, and enlightened sayings. In every part of our nation, there were colloquial expressions that summed up the feelings of the local region. This book contains some of these Many of these expressions were learned at home from Mom and Dad. This was before television and we learned to amuse ourselves with home-grown entertainment. Farm work, taking care of the livestock, and the many chores kept us busy. When I reflect back on those days, I wouldn t change them even if I could Country folk have a language all their own. In Say What?, author Fred G. Wilson has gathered many of these expressions in order to save them for future generations, shedding a light on what it was like to grow up during the forties and fifties in rural America.

Another book of quotations? Indeed there are numerous excellent extant anthologies of quotations, but these tend to be very broad, with a bias toward classical and well-known authors; those works which document the contributions of Black authors have tended to focus on African-Americans, considerable as their output is. Undeniable recognition of this prevalence is reflected in the title of the present volume which pays homage to W. E. B. Du Bois? classic work and in the preponderance of entries from American sources. Nevertheless, effort has been made to cast a wider net to capture under-represented and unfamiliar voices. Khemetic texts preserved in papyri and stelae are the earliest literature to have survived, followed by the writings of North African Romans and Ethiopian philosophers and clerics, and the lately recovered Timbuktu manuscripts from their repositories in the desert sands of Mali. The Transatlantic slave experience gave rise to the slave narratives and abolitionist literature from both sides of the Atlantic, which remained predominant right up to the 20th century. Post-Emancipation under colonial rule and white domination, Black poetry and prose emerged, adhering to prevailing standards, evidenced typically in the work of Phillis Wheatley and the sonnets of Claude McKay. With the Civil Rights and Black Power movements would come iconoclastic expressions of protest and identity. There is a sizeable body of literature by Black authors from Africa and the diaspora who speak to universal values and eternal verities. This anthology of their work focuses on the inner life, on personal development and self-actualization. 3000 quotations have been selected to inspire, enlightenand encourage; they have been arranged in 200 psycho-spiritual categories and in chronological order. The resulting timeline of thought in itself is useful and instructive as it demonstrates very clearly the evolution of consciousness evident in the contemporary thinking on particular subjects. Like its predecessor, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing, this volume contains a full biographical index and bibliographical references. Much of the material is anthologized here for the first time.

Containing more than 5,000 quotations from authors as diverse as Bertolt Brecht, George W. Bush, Homer Simpson, Carl Sagan, William Shatner, and Desmond Tutu, this dictionary is organized alphabetically by author, with generous cross-referencing and keyword and thematic indexes. This new edition features more than 500 new quotations and 187 new authors. Gathered here are literary figures such as Italo Calvino, J. M. Coetzee, and Toni Morrison; politicians ranging from Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to Rudy Giuliani and Bill Clinton; entertainers such as Halle Berry and Jerry Seinfeld; and star athletes such as David Beckham and Serena Williams. The book includes special sections featuring quotations from cartoons, films, political slogans, famous last words, misquotations, newspaper headlines and more. Finally, this edition boasts a new and unique selection process, using the largest ongoing language research program in the world, the Oxford English Corpus, to ensure that all the most popular and widely-used quotations are here. Spanning a century and stretching from the deeply serious to the frivolous and surreal, The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations is a vital part of anyone's reference shelf.

Over the past twenty years, psychotherapist and author David Richo has been gathering powerful quotations from many authors and traditions, quotations that have both given him comfort and challenged him to grow. Now, he has decided to share this very personal collection with fellow seekers. He invites each of us to use these sparks of illumination as he does, as springboards for meditation, reflection and the deepening of our spiritual life. David Richo, PhD is a retreat leader, widely read author, and psychotherapist in Santa Barbara and San Francisco. He is the author of many books, including: Catholic Means Universal: Integrating Spirituality and Religion (Crossroad, 2000) and The Sacred Heart of the World: Restoring Mystical Devotion to Our Spiritual Life (Paulist Press, 2007).

Contains Early Speeches, Springfield Speech, Cooper Union Speech, Inaugural Addresses, Gettysburg Address, Selected Letters, Lincoln's Lost Speech.

Around 500 of the best quotes for business men and women to use to help them advance their careers The Hagopian Institute, LLC has compiled the Quote Junkie series. The overall series includes over 8,000 quotes, focusing mostly on short quotes that can be used in everyday life as sources of wisdom and inspiration. This particular edition of the series includes quotes about business, and quotes that can be used in business settings to motivate yourself and your employees. This is a must read for every successful business person who wants to take the next step in their career. Please enjoy, and share these quotes with your co-workers, friends and family.

We are all familiar with the phenomenon known as Barack Obama. However, many of us don't know what he has worked for while in the Senate-what sort of legislation has he, himself, sponsored or co-sponsored. This book provides an invaluable glimpse of what the Senator feels passionately about, listing and detailing all of the Senate Bills and Resolutions that Senator Barack Obama sponsored or co-sponsored during 2007, the first term of the 110th Congress.*****It also lists all the co-sponsors of these bills so you can see who he has worked with-which Democratic and Republican Senators he has reached out to for these legislative initiatives.*****Because of the complexity of some of the Bills and Resolutions, each of the pieces (with the exception of two) are accompanied by highlighted, official summaries of the legislation that clearly, in simple language, outlines the intent and impact of that Bill or Resolution.*****The legislation covered here encompasses a wide variety of subjects, including Iran and Iraq, US energy policy and health care.*****Take a look for yourself at what Senator Obama has done during the 110th Congress of the United States during 2007.