The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations

by Elizabeth Knowles (Editor)

This up-to-date collection offers a vivid picture both of the world today, and of the landmark events and key voices leading to it. From Scott's Antarctic Expedition in 1912 to the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, it charts watersheds such as two World Wars as well as the ebbs and flows of popular culture. Containing 5,000+ quotations from authors as diverse as Elizabeth Arden, Billy Connolly, Bertolt Brecht, Linda Evangelista, Eddie Izzard, Alison Lurie, Carl Sagan, William Shatner, and Desmond Tutu, the dictionary is author-organized with generous cross-referencing and keyword and thematic indexes. Special categories for film taglines and cartoon captions have been added to accompany misquotations, official advice, newspaper headlines, and many more. Informative and entertaining, this book is a vital part of the modern reference shelf, perfectly designed to answer the questions, 'Who said that...and when...and why?'

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, History, Textbooks, Dictionaries

512 pages, Paperback

First published April 25, 1991

Reviews

[Apurva · Rating 5 out of 5]

I kept this book beside my pillow for 2 months, and my favorite part was flipping through pages randomly before sleeping and waking up and reading the few pages of quote.