Collins Dictionary of Quotations - Hardcover

The Collins Dictionary of Quotations is a new and authoritative compilation of quotations drawn from familiar and not-so-familiar sources. From classical to modern times, form saints to alternative comedians – this is a book to browse through for enjoyment, as well as a reference work that will be indispensable for home or office use.

· Over 20,000 quotations, from Acton to Zola
· Extensive contributions from Commonwealth sources and major European languages
· A-Z listing of authors and sources, with quotations chronologically arranged within each entry
· Easy-to-use and comprehensive thematic and keyword index
· Includes lists of memorable play, song and film titles and advertising slogans

The results of over five years of compilation from classical and modern sources, the 'Collins Dictionary of Quotations' will become one of the essential reference works for the home or office. Edited by A. Norman Jeffares and Martin Gray with the aid of a wide range of advisers in many fields, the work is both an invaluable source book for reference and study and a highly entertaining and informative guide to the wit and wisdom of the ages.

QUOTATIONS QUIZ

· Which English queen would have given all she owned 'for a moment of time'?
· Which Princess described herself as 'thick as a plank' and as willing to 'walk miles for a bacon sandwich'?
· Who wrote of his confinement in Bedlam 'They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn me, they outvoted me'?
· Which British public servant was ' economical with the truth'?
· Who claimed to 'float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' ?
· Which Soviet Statesman signalled the end of the Cold War by saying 'We now have the Sinatra Doctrine'?
· Which 'sort of bluestocking' described Kenneth Branagh as 'a plumper figure'?
· Which Sioux chief said 'The write man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it'?
· Which businessman claimed that you 'don't make many savings' on 'a basic £100,000 a year'?
· Who issued the ultimatum 'Either that wallpaper goes or I do'?

ANSWERS TO QUOTATIONS QUIZ

· Queen Elizabeth I
· Princess Diana
· Nathaniel Lee
· Sir Robert Armstrong
· Muhammad Ali
· Gennady Gerasimov
· Emma Thompson
· Sitting Bull
· Sir Ernest Saunders
· Oscar Wilde