Bibliography-Quote References

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Asimov, Isaac. Asimov’s Book of Facts.. New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1981.

Bartlett, John. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1955.

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Bolander, Donald O. and Dolores D. Varner. Instant Quotation Dictionary. Mundelein, Illinois: Career Institute, 1972.

Bowles, Colin The Wit’s Dictionary. London: Angus & Robertson, 1991.

Boyd, L. M. Boyd’s Book of Odd Facts. New York: New American Library, 1979.

Bralleir, Jess M. Medical Wit & Wisdom: The Best Medical Quotations from Hippocrates to Groucho Marx. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1993.

Burnam, Tom. The Dictionary of Misinformation. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975.

Byrne, Robert. 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1988.

Casson, Lionel. Libraries in the Ancient World. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.

Cazeau, Charles J. Science Trivia from Anteaters to Zeppelins. New York: Berkley Books, 1992.

Charlton, James, editor. A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing: A Treasury of Wise and Witty Observations for Students, Teachers, and Other Survivors of Higher Education. New York: St. Martin‘s Press, 1994.

Daintith, John and Amanda Isaacs. Medical Quotes: A Thematic Dictionary. New York: Fact On File, 1989.

Davidson, Lance. The Ultimate Reference Book: The Wit’s Thesaurus. New York: Avon Books, 1994.

Dickson, Paul. The Official Rules. New York: Delacorte Press., 1978.

Dickson, Paul. The Official Explanations. New York: Delacorte Press., 1980.

Douglas, Auriel and Michael Strumpf. Webster’s New World Dictionary of Quotations. New York: Macmillan, Inc., 1998.

Esar, Evan. Esar’s Comic Dictionary. New York: Horizon Press, 1960.

Esar, Evan. Esar’s Comic Dictionary. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983.

Esar, Evan. Humorous English: A Guide to Comic Usage, Jocular Speech & Writing, & Witty Grammar. New York: Horizon Press, 1961.

Esar, Evan. The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations. New York: Dorset Press, 1949.

Espy, Willard R. Say It My Way. New York: Penguin Books, 1981.

Ferguson, Charles W. The Abecedarian Book. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1964.

Ferguson, John. Definitive Quotations. Essex, Connecticut: Verbatim, The language Quarterly, 1981.

Fitzhenry, Robert, editor. Chambers Book of Quotations. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, Ltd., 1986.

Fuller, Edmund 6200 + Wise Cracks, Witty Remarks, & Epigrams for All Occasions. New York: Wings Books, 1993.

Freeman, Morton S. The Story Behind the Word. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: iSi Press, 1985.

Goldberg, M. Hirsh. The Book of Lies: Schemes, Scams, Fakes, and Frauds That Have Changed the Course of History and Affect Our Daily Lives. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1990.

Goran, Morris. A Treasury of Science Jokes. Springfield, Illinois: The Lincoln-Herndon Press, Inc., 1986.

Green, Johathon. Dictionary of Insulting Quotations. London: Cassell, 1998.

Greene, Amsel. Word Clues. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1962.

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Grothe, Mardy. Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You: Chiasmus and a World of Quotations That Say What They Mean and Mean What They Say. New York: Viking of the Penguin Group, 1999.

Halle, Kay. The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, sayings and impressions of Sir Winston Churchill. New York: Facts On File Publications, 1985.

Henry, Lewis C. Best Quotations for All Occasions. Greenwich, Conneticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1966.

Hitt, Jack. In a Word: A Dictionary of Words That Don’t Exist, But Ought To. New York: Dell Publishing, 1992.

Holms, John P. and Karin Baji. Bite-Size Franklin: Wit & Wisdom from a Founding Father. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.

Hyman, Robin. Robin Hyman’s Dictionary of Quotations. Lincolnwood, illinois: National Textbook Company, 1986.

Hyman, Robin. The Quotation Dictionary. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962.

Hyman, Robin. The Modern Dictionary of Quotations. London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1962.

Jarman, Colin M. The Book of Poisonous Quotes. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991.

Lederer, Richard. Anguished English. Charleston, South Carolina: Wyrick & Company, 1987.

Lederer, Richard. Get Thee To a Punnery. Charleston, South Carolina: Wyrick & Company, 1988.

Lederer, Richard. Crazy English. New York: Pocket Books, Division of Simon & Schusterr, Inc., 1989.

Lederer, Richard. The Play of Words. New York: Pocket Books, Division of Simon & Schusterr, Inc., 1990.

Lederer, Richard. The Miracle of Language. New York: Pocket Books, Division of Simon & Schusterr, Inc., 1991.

Lederer, Richard. Adventures of a Verbivore. New York: Pocket Books, Division of Simon & Schusterr, Inc., 1994.

Lerner, Fred. The Story of Libraries from the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age. New York: The Continuum International Group, Inc., 1998.

Levinson, Leonard Louis. The Quotable Quotations Book. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, Publishers, 1980.

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McKenna, Michael. The Stein and Day Dictionary of Definitive Quotations. New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1983.

McKenzie, E.C. 14,000 Quips & Quotes for Writers & Speakers. New York: Greenwich House, 1983.

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Murphy, Edward F. 2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers & Raconteurs. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1981.

Muschell, David. Where in the Word: Extraordinary Stories Behind 801 Ordinary Words. Rocklin, California: Prima Publishing, 1990.

Orben, Robert. 2500 Jokes to Start ’Em Laughing. No. Hollywood, California: Wilshire Book Company by special arrangement with Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979.

Pasquariello, Ronald D. The almanac of Quotable Quotes From 1990. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1991.

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Prochnow, Herbert V. Speaker’s Handbook of Epigrams and Wlitticisms. New York: harper & Brothers, 1955.

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Roberts, Kate Louise. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations .New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1940.

Seldes, George. The Great Quotations. New York: Pocket Books, 1967.

Sheehan, Michael J. Word Parts Dictionary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc, Publishers; 2008.

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Tuleja, Tad. Fabulous Fallacies. New York: Harmony Books, 1982.

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