20,000 Quips & Quotes covers 2,000 sub- jects, ranging from Abandon to Zoo, and is an ideal reference for speakers, writers, politicians, performers, and salespeople. But more than that, this book-with its bits and tidbits of truth, with its epigrams that not only make a point but make a point to ponder-is a barometer of the human psyche. For mirrored in the sayings, comments, remarks, witticisms, wisecracks, and comic proverbs collected here are the contemporary prejudices of the public. Just a flip through the volume's pages will reveal what the community at large really thinks about traditional values (exaggerated, naturally, to sharpen the cutting edge of truth) and how it feels about the widespread changes that are constantly replacing older ways of living.