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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100192830864

ISBN-139780192830869

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Number of Pages542 Pages

Publication NameOxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1993

SubjectQuotations

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AuthorTony Augarde

Subject AreaReference

SeriesOxford Quick Reference Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight12.5 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Reviews"A handsome volume, printed clearly, with the browser in mind, and edited with the finest apparatus for reference and cross-reference I have ever seen....Generous in spirit, covering the waggish and the wise and the extremes of high and low culture"--America"Whether one reads for reference or just browses, this book of over 6,000 memorable selections from a variety of individuals and sources is fascinating fare"--School Library Journal"Another fine dictionary in the Oxford University Press tradition. It meticulously documents some 5,000 quotations drawn from a variety of sources including songs, advertisements, and book titles....Highly recommended...both as an excellent reference tool and as a book that is fun for browsing."--Choice"Lively in itself, important as a new reference work....It is all here, in an attractively designed volume."--Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader"Remarkably diverse."--The Tampa Tribune-Times, "A handsome volume, printed clearly, with the browser in mind, and edited with the finest apparatus for reference and cross-reference I have ever seen....Generous in spirit, covering the waggish and the wise and the extremes of high and low culture"--America "Whether one reads for reference or just browses, this book of over 6,000 memorable selections from a variety of individuals and sources is fascinating fare"--School Library Journal "Another fine dictionary in the Oxford University Press tradition. It meticulously documents some 5,000 quotations drawn from a variety of sources including songs, advertisements, and book titles....Highly recommended...both as an excellent reference tool and as a book that is fun for browsing."--Choice "Lively in itself, important as a new reference work....It is all here, in an attractively designed volume."--Lexington(Kentucky)Herald-Leader "Remarkably diverse."--The Tampa Tribune-Times, "A handsome volume, printed clearly, with the browser in mind, and edited with the finest apparatus for reference and cross-reference I have ever seen....Generous in spirit, covering the waggish and the wise and the extremes of high and low culture"--America "Whether one reads for reference or just browses, this book of over 6,000 memorable selections from a variety of individuals and sources is fascinating fare"--School Library Journal "Another fine dictionary in the Oxford University Press tradition. It meticulously documents some 5,000 quotations drawn from a variety of sources including songs, advertisements, and book titles....Highly recommended...both as an excellent reference tool and as a book that is fun for browsing."--Choice "Lively in itself, important as a new reference work....It is all here, in an attractively designed volume."--Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader "Remarkably diverse."--The Tampa Tribune-Times, "A handsome volume, printed clearly, with the browser in mind, and edited with the finest apparatus for reference and cross-reference I have ever seen....Generous in spirit, covering the waggish and the wise and the extremes of high and low culture"-- America "Whether one reads for reference or just browses, this book of over 6,000 memorable selections from a variety of individuals and sources is fascinating fare"-- School Library Journal "Another fine dictionary in the Oxford University Press tradition. It meticulously documents some 5,000 quotations drawn from a variety of sources including songs, advertisements, and book titles....Highly recommended...both as an excellent reference tool and as a book that is fun for browsing."-- Choice "Lively in itself, important as a new reference work....It is all here, in an attractively designed volume."-- Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader "Remarkably diverse."-- The Tampa Tribune-Times

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SynopsisWinston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy, Louis Armstrong and Mae West, Woody Allen and Dorothy Parker--these are but a few of the figures who have given voice to our century's most memorable quotations. Now, in The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations , A.J. Augarde gathers together 6,000 of the best known quotes from our time, drawn from novels, plays, poems, essays, speeches, films, radio and television, songs, and even advertisements. Here readers will find the history-making quotes, from Churchill's stirring wartime speeches ("Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"), to Neville Chamberlain's infamous "Peace for our time," to Spiro T. Agnew's outrageous "If you've seen one city slum you've seen them all." On the lighter side, readers will enjoy such wits as Woody Allen ("It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens"), Fran Lebowitz ("Food is an important part of a balanced diet"), and Dorothy Parker ("This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force"). There are generous excerpts from literature, from the novels of Hemingway and Joyce, the poetry of Auden, Eliot, and Pound, the plays of Lillian Hellman and Anita Loos, and the lyrics of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter ("In olden days a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking / Now, heaven knows, / Anything goes"). Augarde also includes famous book titles (such as Shepherd Mead's "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"), song titles (Larry Morey's "Whistle While You Work"), even cartoon captions (Bill Maudlin's wartime "I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages"). And of course, the book brims with wisdom, from Count Ciano's "Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan," to Lord Morley's "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him," to Alfred Adler's "It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them." Designed both for reference and for browsing, the Dictionary arranges quotations in alphabetical order by author, with attributions after each quote so that readers can, if they wish, return to the original sources. In addition, the index helps the reader trace quotations from their most important keywords, so that if you know the quote but not the author, you can still find it easily. Whether you want to find out who first used the expression "a walk on the wild side" (it was Nelson Algren) or simply enjoy discovering fine turns of phrase or witty remarks (such as Beatrice Lillie's off-the-cuff comment to a waiter who spilled soup on her dress: "Never darken my Dior again"), The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations offers a unique view of the twentieth century through some of its most memorable bon mots ., "A handsome volume, printed clearly, with the browser in mind, and edited with the finest apparatus for reference qnd cross-reference I have ever seen....Generous in spirit, covering the waggish and the wise and the extremes of high and low culture"--America. This sweeping, specially designed volume gathers 5,000 quotations from the speeches, literature, movies, advertising, songs, and television programs of our century. "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore," the former president once said--but perhaps decided to come back after reading Ambrose Bierce's perverse definitions: "Saint, n. A dead sinner revised and edited." These eloquent, famous, caustic, notorious, and simply insightful quotes offer a goldmine for writers, public speakers, and those who like a good saying., Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy, Louis Armstrong and Mae West, Woody Allen and Dorothy Parker--these are but a few of the figures who have given voice to our century's most memorable quotations. Now, in The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, A.J. Augarde gathers together 6,000 of the best known quotes from our time, drawn from novels, plays, poems, essays, speeches, films, radio and television, songs, and even advertisements. Here readers will find the history-making quotes, from Churchill's stirring wartime speeches ("Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"), to Neville Chamberlain's infamous "Peace for our time," to Spiro T. Agnew's outrageous "If you've seen one city slum you've seen them all." On the lighter side, readers will enjoy such wits as Woody Allen ("It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens"), Fran Lebowitz ("Food is an important part of a balanced diet"), and Dorothy Parker ("This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force"). There are generous excerpts from literature, from the novels of Hemingway and Joyce, the poetry of Auden, Eliot, and Pound, the plays of Lillian Hellman and Anita Loos, and the lyrics of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter ("In olden days a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking / Now, heaven knows, / Anything goes"). Augarde also includes famous book titles (such as Shepherd Mead's "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"), song titles (Larry Morey's "Whistle While You Work"), even cartoon captions (Bill Maudlin's wartime "I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages"). And of course, the book brims with wisdom, from Count Ciano's "Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan," to Lord Morley's "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him," to Alfred Adler's "It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them." Designed both for reference and for browsing, the Dictionary arranges quotations in alphabetical order by author, with attributions after each quote so that readers can, if they wish, return to the original sources. In addition, the index helps the reader trace quotations from their most important keywords, so that if you know the quote but not the author, you can still find it easily. Whether you want to find out who first used the expression "a walk on the wild side" (it was Nelson Algren) or simply enjoy discovering fine turns of phrase or witty remarks (such as Beatrice Lillie's off-the-cuff comment to a waiter who spilled soup on her dress: "Never darken my Dior again"), The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations offers a unique view of the twentieth century through some of its most memorable bon mots.