{"product_id":"9781477227978","title":"The Ten Most Important Things Ever Said","description":"Everyone loves a great quote. We marvel at those rare souls who can clearly convey an idea and elicit an emotional response from a reader or an audience in a mere sentence or two.  The economy of their words provides us a nicely packaged expression that is convenient, versatile and easily stored, perhaps on a slip of paper or perhaps merely tucked away in our memory banks. Because ideas are not expressed in a vacuum, learning something about the person to whom a quote is attributed is essential if we are to fully appreciate its intended meaning.  In \"The Ten Most Important Things Ever Said\", Dan D. Schinzel  brings together quotes from a wide variety of sources that span different cultures and times.  Each of the ten expressions is followed by a fictional scene and conversation created to elaborate on the intentions of the author.  Each quote is also accompanied by two or three relevant stories from the past: some familiar, others obscure. The end product is a book that is intended to be a starting point for a conversation about how the words of the past can serve as beacons for our future.  For while the ten different sayings cover an assortment of subjects and are attributed to a variety of sources, they all share one common trait: the words and their meaning are timeless.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158076014832,"sku":"9781477227978","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477227978_p0.jpg?v=1763612854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477227978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}