The author presents the reflections of "some of the most birlliant minds of the past and present" on Topics relevant to modern living, and touched with humor. Mix of philosophical, acidic, sharp, barbed ripostes, dry repartee, and badinage.

Quotes Emerson: "Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it".

1. Arts - "All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song." - Louis Armstrong.

2. Women - "I'm the girl who lost her reputation and never missed it." Mae West.

3. Sex Love Marriage & Children - "The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children." Clarence Darrow.

4. Social Comment - "We must believe in luck. How else explain the success of those we don't like." Jean Cocteau

5. Life Death Health & Wealth - "Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live." Ambrose Bierce.

6. Politics & Philosophy - "A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes." Ludwig Wittgenstein.

7. Definitions - "Psychiatry: The care of the id by the odd."

8. Anonymous - "If it weren't for the optimist, the pessimist would never know how happy he isn't." Anon.

9. Eating and Drinking - "The most sincere love of all is the love of food." G B Shaw.

10. Human Behavior - "Patriotism is the first resort of a scoundrel." Ambrose Bierce.

11. Sport & Leisure - "Some people think football is a matter of life and death...I can assure them it is much more serious than that." Bill Shankly.