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Instant Genius: Smart Mouths

Commons The Knowledge

Publisher: Portable Press

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The smartest and funniest quotations of all time, artfully arranged into witty—and surprising—categories. Every page will entertain, educate, and delight.Uncle John’s dedicated team of quotationeers have scoured the worlds of entertainment, history, literature, politics, sports, and more to bring you this unique collection of utterances that bear repeating. From silly to profound, from Aristotle to Mr. T, you’ll discover insights on such topics as love, sex, conspiracies, boredom, cheese, juggling, and the true meaning of belly-button lint.Here are but a few of the thousands of morsels awaiting you:“Weaseling out of things is good. It’s what separates us from the other animals . . . except the weasel.” —Homer Simpson“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.” —Gordie Howe“In America, sex is an obsession. In other parts of the world, it’s a fact.” —Marlene Dietrich“With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and sixty.” —Jack Nicholson“It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase ‘as pretty as an airport’ appear.” —Douglas Adams“If it’s called USA Today, why is all the news from yesterday? Bam! Busted!” —Stephen Colbert“Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” —Phyllis Diller
Available since: 09/01/2012.
Print length: 400 pages.

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