“A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.”
“As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer”
Robert Quillen
“A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness.”
George W. Bush
“His memoir is a splendid artichoke of anecdotes, in which not merely the heart and leaves but the thistles as well are edible.”
John Leonard
“I can't say it's autobiographical, but I do tell a number of anecdotes that I think are amusing.”
Bea Arthur
“He uses anecdotes for the same reason other people climb mountains - they are there.”
Walter Goodman
