Messing About in Quotes - A Little Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations

Zusatztext A great stocking filler. Informationen zum Autor Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster and former MP - and one of Britain's most sought-after award ceremony hosts and after dinner speakers. A reporter on The One Show and a regular contestant on Radio 4's Just a Minute, his many books include The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries, the no.1 bestseller: The 7 Secrets of Happiness, as well as the hugely popular Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations. Klappentext This new collection brings together a handpicked selection of the funniest quotations presented by writer, broadcaster and wit, Gyles Brandreth. It offers witty, wise and sometimes wicked words on subjects ranging from Art to Bores and from Tennis to Wine. Zusammenfassung Become a dazzling wit or enjoy a good laugh with this entertaining collection of humorous quotations, carefully handpicked and edited by writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth. From Art to Bores, Tennis to Wine, this little dictionary contains over 2,700 of the best quotations, from witty one-liners and funny phrases to pithy comments and unintended humour.If you live to be one hundred you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. - George Burns I thought coq au vin was love in a lorry. - Victoria WoodChampagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie-detector. - Graham Greene The trouble with a book is that you never know what's in it until it's too late. - Jeanette Winterson

Product details

• Authors: Gyles Brandreth
• Assisted by: Gyles Brandreth (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780198813187
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881318-7
• Subjects: Education and learning; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; HUMOR / General, REFERENCE / Quotations, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Humour collections & anthologies, Humour collections and anthologies, Dictionaries Of Quotations, Quotations, proverbs and sayings