Quotations (Collins Gem) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007183925 ISBN 13: 9780007183920

Publisher: Collins, 2004

Synopsis

’Every age hath its book’ – The Koran. ‘It’s better to be quotable than honest’ – Tom Stoppard. Continuously in print since 1961, the Collins Gem Dictionary of Quotations is now more than ever the best value-for-money mini-dictionary of quotations available.

The Gem is designed to make it easy to find appropriate questions. The book is organised around a host of themes, from Acting and Adultery to Cooking and Poetry. Select a relevant theme and pick an appropriate quotations.

· Includes over 4000 quotations on themes ranging from Acting and Adultery to Cookery and Poetry, with special sections on Last Words and Epitaphs
· Includes all the classic quotes, from Julius Caesar and Tennyson to Max Beerbohm and Oscar Wilde
· Modern quotations range from Ringo Starr and Nelson Mandela to Ken Dodd and Patrick O’Brian, and Germaine Greer on Posh n’ Becks

- ‘Beckham is an archangel, and Victoria is a figure of darkness attached to him’ (Germaine Greer)
- ‘From every progressive point of view, September 11 has been a disaster’ (Tariq Ali)
- ‘a case of mistaken non-entity’ (Kathy Lette on being mistaken for Ruby Wax)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Over 4000 quotations from Confucius to Cantona.

More than 250 themes, from Advertising and Politics to Animals and Insults.

Ideal for speech writers and those requiring a bon mot.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0007183925
• ISBN 13: 9780007183920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448