Bad Guys' Quote Book

by Robert Singer

A collection of tasteless remarks, nasty put-downs, vicious comments, and wicked ripostes from a variety of celebrities, politicians, military leaders, entertainers, gangsters, and other assorted villains

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1984

About the author

Robert Singer is a Professor of Liberal Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. He received a Ph.D. from New York University in Comparative Literature. His areas of expertise include literary and film interrelations, interdisciplinary research in film history and aesthetics, and comparative studies. He co-edited Zola and Film (2005), The Brooklyn Film (2003), and he also co-authored the text, The History of Brooklyn's Three Major Performing Arts Institutions (2003).

Reviews

[Matt Seiple · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the more unusual quote books I have ever found, with fantastic chapters such as "Don't Do It!" and "Who, Me?"

[Jack · Rating 2 out of 5]

As far as a certain competition I have about "reading a book a month", this is cheating, but so what? I don't care. *chuckles*

I use quotes for my chapter headings. This has some good ones, but isn't particularly great. The book was also written in 1984 and has a lot of what was then topical quotes that, if you're not familiar with the circumstances, lose their irony. There are many other quote books out there that are much better.

[Nan Silvernail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely gems of insight into the highly practical minds of Bad Guys.
I finished this awhile ago, but I had reason to quote from it recently and I highly recommend it.