Women Know Everything!

3,241 Quips, Quotes, and Brilliant Remarks

Karen Weekes

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Quirk Books
15 April 2011

Dictionaries of quotations

Wit and wisdom from A to Z-a super-sized collection of inspirational quotes from bad
*ss women in history and today, including Oprah Winfrey, Marilyn Monroe, and Toni Morrison.

With more than 3,000 quotations on everythingfrom fashion and feminism to men,marriage, friendship, history, technology,sports, and more, this massive compilationproves once and for all that women knoweverything! Each page offers wisdom, wit, andinspiration from a host of legendary women-from Jane Austen and Colette to Madonna,Marilyn Monroe, Toni Morrison, Liz Phair,Ellen DeGeneres, and Naomi Klein. Here'swhat they have to say about-

Success

""I still have my feet on the ground. I just wearbetter shoes.""

-Oprah Winfrey

Men and Women

""Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything FredAstaire did, but backward and in high heels.""

-Faith Whittlesey

Being Single

""I've never been married, but I tell peopleI'm divorced so they won't think something'swrong with me.""

-Elayne Boosler

Individuality

""Always be a first-rate version of yourself,instead of a second-rate version of somebodyelse.""

-Judy Garland

Family

""If you have only one smile in you, give it tothe people you love. Don't be surly at home,then go out in the street and start grinning'Good morning' at total strangers.""

-Maya Angelou

Quotations

""I always have a quotation for everything-itsaves original thinking.""

-Dorothy L. Sayers

With contributions from writers, artists,celebrities, politicians, scientists, and legendaryfigures all over the world, Women Know Everything! offers addictive reading-and asuperb reference-for women of all ages.

By: Karen Weekes
Imprint: Quirk Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 613g
ISBN: 9781594745065
ISBN 10: 1594745064
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 15 April 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Karen Weekesis an assistant professorof English and women's studies at Penn StateUniversity, Abington College. A Georgia native,she now lives near Philadelphia.

Reviews for Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, and Brilliant Remarks

YOU SAID IT SISTERS! Be endlessly impressed by the smart, sassy quotes collected in the paperback edition of Women Know Everything! -Good Housekeeping Confirms once and for all which is the stronger sex. -McClatchy Newspapers