Tweet This Book: The 1,400 Greatest Quotes of All Time in 140 Characters or Less

Spice up your social media feed with this book of favorite quotes in Twitter-length bites that are clever, cool, smart, touching, wise, funny and more.

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but social-media character limits are even shorter! Luckily, Tweet This Book allows you to spice up their microblog with the greatest quotes of all time. Each one is not only brief — it is officially tweetable. The quick, punchy quotes in this wonderfully diverse collection come from all circles and include literary greats; politicians like Abe Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Barack Obama; and sports figures, musicians, and celebrities like Yogi Berra, Tupac Shakur, and Hunter S. Thompson. With an easy-to-use, A-to-Z organization by topic, you can quickly find the perfect quote for anything you want to tweet about.

“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.”
—Julia Child

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
—Oscar Wilde

“Life is too short to blend in.”
—Paris Hilton

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
—Abraham Lincoln

“Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.”
—Billy Crystal

Sayre Van Young, a retired research librarian at the Berkeley (California) Public Library, now moonlights as an author, book editor, and indexer. Her previous books include The Unofficial Harry Potter Vocabulary Builder and London’s War: A Traveler’s Guide to World War II.

Marin Van Young is a former actress and current advertising copywriter with an affinity for short, punchy quotes and social media. She is the author of Picture-Perfect Escapes—Charleston.