- Hardcover: 576 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; 4 edition (25 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199237166
- ISBN-13: 978-0199237166
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 5.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 347,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This treasure house of repartee will delight for generations."
--Stephen Fry
--This text refers to the
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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 pâté.' 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
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.....so said Moliere according to "The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations". It is also an odd (and difficult) job to determine and classify what makes people laugh, or what they find titillating, and mildly amusing. But at the end of the day (drat it, I swore that I would never use that awful expression), humour is in the eye of the beholder and something that seems amusing to one person may seem downright unfunny to another. Such is the case with this book, as there were some entries that for the life of me I failed to see anything remotely comical, humorous, funny or whatever, in them whatsoever, but obviously someone on the 'compilation panel' did find amusement.
As it would imply, this work is set out Theme-wise in alphabetical order, with an Author and a keyword alphabetical index at the rear, both of which are very useful for reference purposes.
It is never going to compete for belly-laughs with the anecdotal and quotation works of Des MacHale, Rosemarie Jarski, and others, but it doesn't endeavour to. It is a very comprehensive (over 500 pages) collection and classification of thousands of quotations, gathered across the broad spectrum of literature, theatre, poetry, songs, politics, the media, and more. Whilst containing many of the more famous witticisms from the likes of Dorothy Parker, Woody Allen, W C Fields, Oscar Wilde, and Mencken, it also contains much more material that doesn't see the light of day too often and is interesting and refreshing to absorb.
It is a reference work of considerable merit, that will give many years (lifetime) of good service. It is not have to be read through in haste but picked up now and again or referred to when seeking a specific topic, maybe for inclusion into a speech, letter, or Amazon review:-
"Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore." (Malcolm Muggeridge)
As it would imply, this work is set out Theme-wise in alphabetical order, with an Author and a keyword alphabetical index at the rear, both of which are very useful for reference purposes.
It is never going to compete for belly-laughs with the anecdotal and quotation works of Des MacHale, Rosemarie Jarski, and others, but it doesn't endeavour to. It is a very comprehensive (over 500 pages) collection and classification of thousands of quotations, gathered across the broad spectrum of literature, theatre, poetry, songs, politics, the media, and more. Whilst containing many of the more famous witticisms from the likes of Dorothy Parker, Woody Allen, W C Fields, Oscar Wilde, and Mencken, it also contains much more material that doesn't see the light of day too often and is interesting and refreshing to absorb.
It is a reference work of considerable merit, that will give many years (lifetime) of good service. It is not have to be read through in haste but picked up now and again or referred to when seeking a specific topic, maybe for inclusion into a speech, letter, or Amazon review:-
"Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore." (Malcolm Muggeridge)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a copy writer I have reached for this book over and over again, to help in a wide variety of tasks.The layout is excellent and the wealth of categories means a suitable quote can be easily found, whatever the circumstances.
Unfortunately however my original copy was 'appropriated' and I have been seeking a replacement ever since.I was therefore delighted to find this hardback copy at Amazon which, for the princely sum of 1 pence, I could hardly refuse to buy.
Thank you Ned Sherrin, and thank you Amazon !
Unfortunately however my original copy was 'appropriated' and I have been seeking a replacement ever since.I was therefore delighted to find this hardback copy at Amazon which, for the princely sum of 1 pence, I could hardly refuse to buy.
Thank you Ned Sherrin, and thank you Amazon !
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Hours of fun.
The quotations are ordered thematically + indexed both by author and keywords, which I found very useful.
The page size and font used are large enough and thus very readable.
I was very happy with the inclusion of short synopsis of the author and context/place of the quotation.
As I mentioned in my other reviews of similar books - it's bound to have some quotations that will make you laugh out loud, some less and some will make you raise an eyebrow, but overall I think it's great.
As with other compilations I found it a bit not in place to include complete poems as quotations.
The quotations are ordered thematically + indexed both by author and keywords, which I found very useful.
The page size and font used are large enough and thus very readable.
I was very happy with the inclusion of short synopsis of the author and context/place of the quotation.
As I mentioned in my other reviews of similar books - it's bound to have some quotations that will make you laugh out loud, some less and some will make you raise an eyebrow, but overall I think it's great.
As with other compilations I found it a bit not in place to include complete poems as quotations.
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Does what it says on the front of the book
Does what it says on the front of the book.
Humorous? some of them to find funny, you must have a queer sence of humour.
Humorous? some of them to find funny, you must have a queer sence of humour.
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Mr. Aj Rigby
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