The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations

The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Author: Robert Andrews
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 1291
Release: 2003-10-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0141965312

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.

New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations

New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Author: Robert Andrews
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 2002-03-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780613537551

Collects over 8,000 of the witty, interesting, or notable quotations from 1914 through the present, offering some contextual information on both the occasion for the quote and the person who said it.

Garner's Quotations

Garner's Quotations
Author: Dwight Garner
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0374722145

A selection of favorite quotes that the celebrated literary critic has collected over the decades. From Dwight Garner, the New York Times book critic, comes a rollicking, irreverent, scabrous, amazingly alive selection of unforgettable moments from forty years of wide and deep reading. Garner’s Quotations is like no commonplace book you’ll ever read. If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on in the world of letters today, this book will make you sit up and take notice. Unputdownable!