Neverisms
Subtitle: a quotation lover's guide to things you should never do, never say, or never forget
By: Mardy Grothe
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780061970658
Subjects: English Quotations; Quotations
Description: Quotation anthologist Dr. Mardy Grothe coined the term "neverism" for this collection of nearly two thousand quotable cautionary warnings.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died (wit & wordplay); title: Never let a crisis go to waste (words to live by); title: Never give advice unless asked (advice); title: Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today (classic neverisms); title: Never underestimate the power of a woman: and a lot of other things as well ("never underestimate" neverisms); title: Never give in, never, never, never, never! (multiple neverisms); title: Never persist in trying to set people right (human relationships); title: Never approach a woman from behind (sex, love & romance); title: Never change diapers in mid-stream (marriage, home & family life); title: Never mention a no-hitter while it's in progress (sports); title: Never get caught in bed with a live man or a dead woman (politics & government); title: Never coddle a malcontent (business & management); title: Never have your dog stuffed (book, song & movie titles); title: Never judge a book by its movie (stage & screen); title: Never answer an anonymous letter (oxymoronic & paradoxical neverisms); title: Never cut what you can untie (metaphorical neverisms); title: Never use a long word where a short one will do (the literary life).