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Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback) by Robert A. Heinlein bookshelves: currently-reading, scifi |
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way from Confrontation to Cooperation (Paperback) by William Ury bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Sneaker Wars: The Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sport (Hardcover) by Barbara Smit bookshelves: to-read |
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Gossamer Odyssey: The Triumph of Human-Powered Flight
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Otis's favorite quotes
"Dance like no one is watching.
Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you've never been hurt
and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain
Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you've never been hurt
and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
— Groucho Marx
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
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891 people liked it
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
— William Shakespeare
— William Shakespeare
tags:
wisdom
888 people liked it
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
Otis's groups (recent posts)
Quotable Quotes
— 310 members
— last activity 26 minutes ago
I'd love to create a database of sorts filled with everyone's favorite quotes from books. Come share your favorites!
SciFi and Fantasy Book Club
— 438 members
— last activity 45 minutes ago
May Book: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Discussion Leader: J-Lynn
June Book: A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Discussion Leader: ...more
Movies We've Just Watched
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— last activity 2 hours, 10 min ago
A chance in quick form to give your recent impressions of a movie you just watched--on the big screen or on dvd. Good or bad; life-changing or just s...more
Goodreads Feedback
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— last activity 2 hours, 51 min ago
This is a place to give feedback about Goodreads. Feature ideas, bugs, or any other suggestion for improvement. The Goodreads staff monitors this gr...more
Goodreads Librarians
— 1212 members
— last activity 3 hours, 13 min ago
A place where people can work together to correct book issues on Goodreads. Examples include combining editions, contacting librarians, fixing book an...more
events Otis is attending
event: Young Literati Event at The Beach Club
date: May 22, 2008 06:30PM
location: The Beach Club, On the beach , Santa Monica, CA, United States
description: Young Literati will welcome guests to a cocktail reception on the beach with Jordan M. Wright, author of Campaigning for President. Wright has amassed a large collection of American campaign memorabilia, and his book tells the colorful story of how presidents, and their losing rivals, have wooed voters since America was founded. These objects - from posters to paper dresses, to ice cream bars, sun glasses and, of course, buttons - form a fascinating, moving, sometimes funny, sometimes infuriatin...more
date: May 22, 2008 06:30PM
location: The Beach Club, On the beach , Santa Monica, CA, United States
description: Young Literati will welcome guests to a cocktail reception on the beach with Jordan M. Wright, author of Campaigning for President. Wright has amassed a large collection of American campaign memorabilia, and his book tells the colorful story of how presidents, and their losing rivals, have wooed voters since America was founded. These objects - from posters to paper dresses, to ice cream bars, sun glasses and, of course, buttons - form a fascinating, moving, sometimes funny, sometimes infuriatin...more
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Otis:
What have you wrought? After yesterday's piece on NPR (& your interview), the authors are flooding in! And I wanted to be the only one! that matters! Help...!
& keep up the superior work,
love the site,
Jessica.
Thank you for adding me as a friend. Looks like I'll be adding even more books to my "to be read" stacks around this house!
Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.
-Jeremy :)
P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
http://hauntedhousedressing.co...
Hi Otis!
Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.
-Jeremy :)
Yo happy holidays my man! Econ just sent me the link of time mag's top 10 websites of 2007. Congrats on being #5 dude that's awesome! Goodreads is rocking
A personal comment from the boss? In 2 minutes!!? The honor, sir, is mine.
Honestly, this is a great site. One of those "why didn't I think of that" sort of things. I'm recommending it to all the students and teachers I work with (and everyone else, for that matter).
Congrats!
Hi Otis!
Awesome site.
If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time?
Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous friendships, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.
-Jeremy :)
Hey Otis,
I've been telling so many people about Goodreads, I should be on the payroll! Or at least get a free T-shirt. You guys make T-shirts yet?
KS
Hello Otis. Thanks for adding me as a friend. When you have a moment check out the series I'm currently working on (edgarfont.com). I look forward to sharing ideas and reviews with you. ~patrick
Well Otis, I can say your server on this goodreads site is as good as anything Google has. You have done a lot of work with this and you can be proud of it. Good luck Otis and may blessings be heaped upon you for giving all of us this goodreads book site. It beats similar sites by far.
And just what are my "powers" as a Goodreads librarian?
[as an aside, my sister and I used to play "librarian" when we were kids - we'd tape little pockets into our books and make checkout cards...I know - we were DORKS!]
Goodreads librarians are special people who are able to edit book and author data, and combine book editions. You can become a librarian by contacting us.
Well, actually - I do read all day, pretty much...most of it is case law, but oh well. ;) I also use the site to catalogue books and list others I want to read (because I used to think of one I wanted to read then forget before I could buy it). Have I mentioned how much this site kicks ass, by the way? :)
Otis:
What have you wrought? After yesterday's piece on NPR (& your interview), the authors are flooding in! And I wanted to be the only one! that matters! Help...!
& keep up the superior work,
love the site,
Jessica.
Thank you for adding me as a friend. Looks like I'll be adding even more books to my "to be read" stacks around this house!
Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats. -Jeremy :)
P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
http://hauntedhousedressing.co...
Hi Otis!Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.
-Jeremy :)
Yo happy holidays my man! Econ just sent me the link of time mag's top 10 websites of 2007. Congrats on being #5 dude that's awesome! Goodreads is rocking
A personal comment from the boss? In 2 minutes!!? The honor, sir, is mine.Honestly, this is a great site. One of those "why didn't I think of that" sort of things. I'm recommending it to all the students and teachers I work with (and everyone else, for that matter).
Congrats!
Hi Otis!Awesome site.
If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time?
Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous friendships, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.
-Jeremy :)
Hey Otis,I've been telling so many people about Goodreads, I should be on the payroll! Or at least get a free T-shirt. You guys make T-shirts yet?
KS
Hello Otis. Thanks for adding me as a friend. When you have a moment check out the series I'm currently working on (edgarfont.com). I look forward to sharing ideas and reviews with you. ~patrick
Well Otis, I can say your server on this goodreads site is as good as anything Google has. You have done a lot of work with this and you can be proud of it. Good luck Otis and may blessings be heaped upon you for giving all of us this goodreads book site. It beats similar sites by far.
And just what are my "powers" as a Goodreads librarian?
[as an aside, my sister and I used to play "librarian" when we were kids - we'd tape little pockets into our books and make checkout cards...I know - we were DORKS!]
Goodreads librarians are special people who are able to edit book and author data, and combine book editions. You can become a librarian by contacting us.
Well, actually - I do read all day, pretty much...most of it is case law, but oh well. ;) I also use the site to catalogue books and list others I want to read (because I used to think of one I wanted to read then forget before I could buy it). Have I mentioned how much this site kicks ass, by the way? :)
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