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Jewish Wit and Wisdom (Dover Thrift Editions)
Jewish Wit and Wisdom - Dover Thrift Editions
Sometimes hilarious and frequently profound, this collection of aphorisms includes observations and remarks from statesmen, writers, artists, philosophers, jurists, musicians, and celebrities--from the prophets of the Old Testament to Woody Allen. Quotes appear alphabetically by author.
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ISBN-13: 9780486419305
ISBN-10: 0486419304
Publication Date: 11/13/2001
Pages: 64
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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This slim volume has some of the best wit and wisdom from celebrated and less famous Jews. Some entries deserve a chuckle, a groan or a feeling of wonder at the insight of man into the human condition.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Woody Allen: Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances of a date on a Saturday night.

Morey Amsterdam: Marriage is wonderful. Without it husbands and wives would have to fight with strangers.

Al Capp: Abstract art? A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Milton Friedman: Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.

Oscar Levant: A pun is the lowest form of humor when you dont think of it first!

Herman Mankiewicz: She could give you an eyewitness report on the Crucifixion and put you to sleep.


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