David Pratt


Biography

David Pratt has been collecting quotations since his youth. His book, The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates is published by Walker/Bloomsbury in the US, Profile Books in England, and is translated into several other languages.

Pratt is Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University, Canada. He was educated at Oxford, Harvard, and Toronto. He lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

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Books

For the Thinking Executive: 916 Quotations from Nobel Laureates    by David Pratt
Price: $2.99 USD. 51340 words. Published by Bev Editions  on June 12, 2012. Nonfiction.

David Pratt scoured books, articles and speeches by 826 Nobel prize winners for distilled wisdom from the world’s acknowledged geniuses. Here, he has winnowed 916 quotations from his collection of 7500, for business executives to use in their own presentations.They range from scientists to literary giants: Einstein, Curie, Hemingway, Kissinger, Martin Luther King and more.
This Continent Called Love, Quotations from Nobel Prize Winners    by David Pratt
Price: $0.99 USD. 23540 words. Published by Bev Editions  on August 23, 2010. Nonfiction.

500 quotations on love in all its forms from Nobel Laureates. Combining love with wisdom, it will delight readers of all ages. Perfect for speeches at weddings and anniversaries. Send it to sweethearts, mothers, brides, and even to your favorite cynics.

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