Product Description

Have you ever wondered why most books of quotations are stuffed full of rather pedestrian quotes by people you've never heard of? It's a shame because a really good quotation book, one which gathered the truest and funniest insights of the best minds, and organised them into 250 subjects, from ambition to worry, (or from artichokes to woodpeckers), a book which offered you a useful take on almost every situation life throws at you (from the death of your child's hamster to the unified theory of everything), a sourcebook of wise one-loners, of knock-out jokes, of drole asides and heartfelt statements of truth and beauty, a practical handbook of interestingness , well, that would be worth having. And, guess what? Those thoughtful gentlemen at QI have come up with one. Five years of learning how to avoid the dull stuff have left the QI team in a uniquely good position to deliver this elusive holy grail: the big, useful, funny and really very good book of quotations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #208828 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 448 pages

About the Author
John Lloyd and John Mitchinson

Customer Reviews

"I don't even know what street Canada is on." --Al Capone

I must have a dozen or so books of quotations. It's hard to say which one is better than another;one can always find something in any one of them.As far as these compilations go;this one is pretty good and not as expensive as most.It is well constructed with a hard cover,has 448 pages of quotations arranged under 400 subjects.With several quotations under each subject,you should find just the right one to suit your purpose or just your enjoyment.I know I did and here are just a few that took my fancy;

Blondes
"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes,because I
know I'm not dumb and I'm also not blonde."--Dolly Parton

Books
"The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people
who can write know anything."--Mark Twain

Birds
"The mosquito is the State Bird of New Jersey." anomonous

Education
"My education was interrupted only by my schooling."--Winston
Churchill

Proverbs
"Almost every wise saying has an opposite one,no less wise,to balance
it."--George santayna

"I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares to
contradict him."--Studs Terkel

War
"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.He won it by
making some dumb bastard die for his."--Gen. George Patton

"I don't know what weapons WWIII will be fought with,but WWIV will
be fought with sticks and stones."--Albert Einstein

Stupidity
"We are all born ignorant,but one must work hard to remain stupid."
--Benjamin Franklin