About Mardy Grothe

Dr. Mardy Grothe is a retired psychologist, management consultant, and platform speaker. After receiving his Ph.D. from Columbia University, he lived and worked in the Boston area until 2004, when he and his wife Katherine Robinson moved to North Carolina. Since 2011, they have lived in Southern Pines, NC, a vibrant community with an award-winning community newspaper, a thriving independent bookstore, and three wonderful public libraries.

A lifelong quotation collector, Grothe has published seven previous quotation anthologies. Known simply as “Dr. Mardy” to his many fans worldwide, he was hailed by Fred Shapiro, editor of The Yale Book of Quotations as “one of the most profound and popular quotation-book authors of all time.”