By Elevating Your Reading, You Will Improve

On The Analogy Of 'dictionary Johnson,' We Call Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Of The Just-published Yale Book Of Quotations (well Worth The $50 Price), 'quotationeer Shapiro.' Shapiro Does Original Research, Earning His 1,067-page Volume A Place On The Quotation Shelf Next To Bartlett's And Oxford's.

I Want My Questions Answered By An Alert And Experienced Politician, Prepared To Be Grilled And Quoted -- Not My Hand Held By An Old Smoothie.

A Reader Ought To Be Able To Hold It And Become Familiar With Its Organized Contents And Make It A Mind's Manageable Companion.

The Tension Between The Governed And The Governing Is What Makes The World Go 'round. It's Not Love, It's That Tension, Because That Tension Exists In Love Affairs. The Whole Idea Of Control Is At The Heart Of Human Relationships. Control And Resistance To Control.

No One Flower Can Ever Symbolize This Nation. America Is A Bouquet.