The Art of Witty

Think quickly on your feet: be smooth, funny, and clever – all at once. Goodbye awkward silences, hello conversational agility.

The Art of the Political Putdown is a book of over 300 witty verbal jabs and ripostes from politicians around the world, all of whom share a common sharp tongue.

This is the best – the noblest, the grandest, the most tragic – Ballade in G minor ever recorded. This is the best – the most virtuostic, the most colorful, the most imaginative – set of Book I Preludes ever recorded. This is the best – the most Romantic, the most heartfelt, the funniest – Carnaval ever recorded. This is the best – the most elegant, the most witty, the most athletic – recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 ever recorded. This is the best – the most brooding, the most violent, the most consoling – set of Brahms Ballades ever recorded. This is the best – the most loving, the most awe-inspiring, the most transcendent – "Emperor" Concerto ever recorded. This is the best – the subtlest, the most sorrowful, the most sublime – set of Chopin mazurkas ever recorded. And on and on and on.