About
the book
The French have an expression called
l’esprit de l’escalier – the spirit of the staircase. It refers to
the remark you thought of on the staircase from the room you were in, where
all the witty rejoinders were flying and you stood mute and uninspired in
the mêlée.
This book should give you enough verbal
ammunition to prevent such scenarios unfolding in the future. It contains the
wit and wisdom of Quotable Notables, people who have espied the foibles and
eccentricities of the human animal at work and play and come to some rather
quirky conclusions about them.
Some sample
quotations
I once brought a pig into my house.
I was worried about the smell but it didn’t prove to be a problem. After a
while he got used to it. (Quentin Crisp)
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us.
Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. (Winston Churchill)
We had a perfect marriage until my wife
found out the Book of the Month Club didn’t hold meetings. (Bob Monkhouse)
It was so cold I saw a politician with
his hands in his own pockets. (Henny Youngman)
What would you get if you offered George
Bush a penny for his thoughts? Change. (David Letterman)
I’ve got a friend who’s half-Polish and
half Jewish. He’s a janitor, but he owns the building. (Jackie Mason)
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