0 to Bitch in 10 Seconds or Less: Quips and Comebacks for Quick-Witted Women - Softcover

Hatch, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402203829 ISBN 13: 9781402203824

Publisher: Sourcebooks Hysteria, 2005

Synopsis

A verbal frappucino.

Chic, sharp-witted and purse-sized with hundreds of quips, comebacks and quotes for bracing refreshment when life gets dull or stupid.

On Love and Sex:

"Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you."--Mae West

About this title

About the Author

Amy Hatch has worked in television, journalism, and freelance writing. She is always on the lookout for the perfect quote, quip or clever comeback. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

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Section One: Love and Sex

Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in.
-Richard Jeni

A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
-Unknown

Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships.
-Sharon Stone

If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, hunt it down and kill it.
-Unknown

Section Two: The Facts Of Life

Never miss a good chance to shut up.
-Will Rogers

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.
-Erma Bombeck

Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser.
-Paul Newman

Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who do.
-Ricky Gervais

Section Three: The Beauty Within

Even I don't look like Cindy Crawford when I wake up in the morning.
-Cindy Crawford

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to annoy other women.
-Elsa Schiaparelli

You're only as good as your last haircut.
-Fran Lebowitz

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.
-Carol Leifer

Section Four: Secrets to Success and Lack Thereof

If you must step on someone to get ahead, use a very sharp heel!
-Unknown

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.
-Edith Head

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use in being a damn fool about it.
-WC Fields

If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished.
-Unknown

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
-Napoleon Bonaparte

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it could be that you just don't understand the situation.
-Unknown

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Hysteria
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1402203829
• ISBN 13: 9781402203824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320