Selected quotation

"I never understood music. It seemed to me to be the maximum amount of noise conveying the minimum amount of information."

~ Quentin Crisp, "The Naked Civil Servant"



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

The Yale Book of Quotations

Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

The Book of Positive Quotations, 2nd Edition

Chinese Proverbs

The Proverbs Driven Life: Timeless Wisdom for Your Words, Work, Wealth, and Relationships

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths

America's Popular Sayings: Over 1600 Expressions on Topics from Beauty to Money and Everything In Between

Ancient Wisdom: The Book of Proverbs With Devotions for Today

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

8,789 Words of Wisdom

Apronisms: Pocket Wisdom for Every Day