The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations - Softcover

Andrews, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141011823 ISBN 13: 9780141011820

Publisher: Penguin, 2003

Synopsis

The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations contains over 8,000 quotations from 1914 to the present. As much a companion to the modern age as it is an entertaining and useful reference tool, it takes the reader on a tour of the wit and wisdom of the great and the good, from Margot Asquith to Monica Lewinsky, from George V to Boutros Boutros-Galli and Jonathan Aitken to Frank Zappa.

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Review:

"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking." It's better to be quotable than honest. (Tom Stoppard) Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. (H.L. Mencken) Its better to be quotable than honest. (Tom Stoppard) Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. (H.L. Mencken) Itas better to be quotable than honest. (Tom Stoppard) Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. (H.L. Mencken)

Synopsis:

"The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations" contains over 8000 quotations from 1914 to the present. As much a companion to the modern age as it is an entertaining and useful reference tool, it takes the reader on a tour of the wit and wisdom of the great and the good, from Margot Asquith to Monica Lewinsky, from George V to George W. Bush and Jonathan Aitken to Frank Zappa. The dictionary is arranged alphabetically by author, with a short biography introducing each author.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0141011823
• ISBN 13: 9780141011820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 720
• Editor: Kate Hughes