Number of Pages: 352
Genre: Reference
Sub-Genre: Quotations
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Age Range: Adult
Author: Owen Frank
Language: English
About the Book
Quote meets quiz in this compendium of witty, inspirational, and zany remarks. Each quote comes with a list of four possible speakers so that readers can guess who said it.
Book Synopsis
Test your quote IQ! Who said this?
"I think, therefore I am."
A. Marcus Aurelius
B. Gautama Buddha
C. René Descartes
D. Nicolas Cage
With hundreds of witticisms, musings, disses, words of inspiration, and canny observations, all wrapped up in the form of an addictive game with different ways to play, Who Said That? Is the most fun you can have while actually getting smarter. Or to put it another way, where else would you find Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa, Jay-Z, Bill Clinton, Patti Smith, Charlie Brown, Muhammad Ali, Lena Dunham, Joan Didion, Oprah Winfrey, and Henry David Thoreau all hanging out together?
Answer: C
Review Quotes
"
Who Said That? is a spectacularly fun and informative book that will appeal to everyone who is interested in quotes, which means pretty much everyone on the planet."
--Fred Shapiro, Editor of the
Yale Book of Quotations About the Author
Owen Frank is a Brooklyn-based writer and a graduate student in economics at the New School for Social Research. An author of numerous Workman calendars, he has previously written for outlets including
The Baffler,
Harper's, and
The Nation on topics ranging from public education reform to the startup economy.