Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations write by Ned Sherrin. This book was released on 2008-09-25. Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This hilarious collection of humorous quotations, full of wisecracks and wit, snappy comments and inspired fantasy, has been specially compiled by the late broadcaster and raconteur Ned Sherrin, with a foreword by leading British satirist, Alistair Beaton. Now packed with even more quotes and covering more subjects than before, from Weddings to the Supernatural, Australia to Headlines. Find the best lines from your favourite jokesters and wordsmiths, add that extra something to a speech or presentation, or just enjoy a good laugh. 'A chair is a piece of furniture. I am not a chair because no one has ever sat on me.' Ann Widdecombe on the announcement that Parliamentary language will now be gender-neutral. 'No wonder Bob Geldof is such an expert on famine. He's been feeding off 'I don't like Mondays' for 30 years.' Russell Brand On deciding to run for governor of California: 'The most difficult decision I've ever made in my entire life, except for the one in 1978 when I decided to get a bikini wax.' Arnold Schwarzenegger 'Wanting to know an author because you like his work is like wanting to know a duck because you like p--acirc--;t--eacute--;.' Margaret Atwood 'I am so sorry. We have to stop there. I have just come to the end of my personality.' Quentin Crisp, closing down an interview
The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations write by Susan Ratcliffe. This book was released on 2001. The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Ambition to Youth, Health and Fitness to Technology, this little dictionary is packed full of more than 4,000 quotations on over 250 subjects. Arranged by theme and with an author index, this new edition contains simply the best quotations from three millennia. Fascinating andentertaining, it is guaranteed to amuse and delight.On Imagination'I'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try doing your VAT return with a head full of goblins.'Terry PratchettOn the Twentieth Century'The light may be fading on the 20th century, but the sun is still rising on America.'Bill Clinton
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations write by Elizabeth Knowles. This book was released on 2007-08-23. Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Containing more than 5,000 quotations from authors as diverse as Bertolt Brecht, George W. Bush, Homer Simpson, Carl Sagan, William Shatner, and Desmond Tutu, the dictionary is organized alphabetically by author, with generous cross-referencing and keyword and thematic indexes. This new edition features more than 500 new quotations and 187 new authors. The book includes special sections featuring quotations from cartoons, films, political slogans, famous last words, misquotations, official advice, newspaper headlines and more.
Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations
Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations write by Peter McDonald. This book was released on 2004. Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. '. . . absolutely fascinating... It is impossible to open this book at any page without finding something that will interest or entertain you... The rich and famous are certainly well represented in compilation and quite rightly so. Then there are real gems, including those from the most unlikely sources... This book is a little treasure.' -The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, 128'It's no laughing matter going to the doctor but at least this collection of cracking quotes can make the visit more bearable.' -Northern Echo'If you wish to pepper a presentation or if you enjoy writing... then you will find much in this volume to quote. I haven't counted them in detail, but I estimate there are in excess of 1500 quotations arranged in two ways: by author and by subject. This makes it very easy to locate a particular quotation, and as the title indicates they are all concerned in one way or another with various aspects of medicine... This is an excellent book to have beside you when writing an article or preparing a lecture. The selection is scholarly and the presentation excellent.' -Dr Alan EmeryThe Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations presents a wonderfully entertaining and eclectic range of quotations covering all aspects of medicine through the ages. It couples profound statements from famous scientists with witty one-liners from the likes of Woody Allen and Spike Milligan. Packed with hundreds of quotations, it is a book that anyone in the medical profession, or with an interest in health, will find an invaluable source of reference and considerable entertainment.Readership: Doctors in all areas of medicine. General readership
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations write by . This book was released on 1982. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
