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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
Quote meets quiz in this compendium of witty, inspirational, and zany remarks. Each quote comes with a list of four possible speakers; can you guess who said it? 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. Contents:
Introduction
Growing Up
Finish the Quote
Love & Marriage
Out of Context
Work & Money
Reverso!
Politics & War
The Scuttlebutt
Motivation
–isms
Aging
Head to Head
Wisdom & Miscellany
"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
"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
Quote meets quiz in this compendium of witty, inspirational, and zany remarks. Each quote comes with a list of four possible speakers; can you guess who said it? 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. Contents:
Introduction
Growing Up
Finish the Quote
Love & Marriage
Out of Context
Work & Money
Reverso!
Politics & War
The Scuttlebutt
Motivation
–isms
Aging
Head to Head
Wisdom & Miscellany
"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