Mardy Grothe

Dr. Mardy Grothe is a retired psychologist, management consultant, and platform speaker. After receiving his Ph.D. from Columbia University, he lived and worked in the Boston area until 2004, when he and his wife Katherine Robinson moved to North Carolina. Since 2011, they have lived in Southern Pines, NC, a vibrant community with an award-winning community newspaper, a thriving independent bookstore, and three wonderful public libraries.

A lifelong quotation collector, Grothe has published seven previous quotation anthologies. Known simply as “Dr. Mardy” to his many fans worldwide, he was hailed by Fred Shapiro, editor of The Yale Book of Quotations as “one of the most profound and popular quotation-book authors of all time.” His books include:

-Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You (1999)

-Oxymoronica (2004)

-Viva la Repartee (2005)

-I Never Metaphor I Didn’t Like (2008)

-Ifferisms (2009)

-Neverisms (2011)

-Metaphors Be With You (2016)

Grothe is also the creator of Dr. Mardy’s Dictionary of Metaphorical Quotations (DMDMQ), the world’s largest online database of metaphorical quotations, with over 40,000 quotations—all rigorously sourced—and organized into over 2,500 categories. About DMDMQ, Dr. Fuad Jaleel, a Wikipedia activist and administrator at Malayalam Wikiquote said, "Generations to come will scarce believe that ever in the history of collections of literary quotes has so much been done for so many by a single man."