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Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations
The juxtaposition of quotations by authors from different periods can
make for fascinating and amusing reading. The Bloomsbury Biographical
Dictionary of Quotations departs from established tradition in that it
includes both familiar quotations and perceptive or witty sayings that
are less well known. It includes, especially, sought quotations that reflect
contemporary issues (eg Jesse Jackson) as well as those from literature
(eg quotes both about and by William Blake) and the Bible.
• Fully revised and updated
• The ultimate anthology - more than 10,000 quotations
• Hundreds of contemporary quotations
Bloomsbury
Thematic Dictionary of Quotations
The Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations is ideal for seeking
an apt quotation on a particular theme. For example, under the entry politicians
a wide variety of quotations appear, from Shakespeare, through Curzon
and Churchill, to references to John Major and Paddy Ashdown.
• Completely revised and updated
• More than 10,500 entries under 700 themes
• More than 650 new quotations, including sayings by 200 additional
speakers and writers
• Embraces topical issues and revelations from important world figures
Collins
Concise Dictionary of Quotations
A revised and updated edition of the popular Collins Concise Dictionary
of Quotations, with many new thematic quotations from the HarperCollins
database.
• Includes
new quotations from sources ranging from Tony Blair to Matt Groening.
• Quotations arranged thematically for ease of reference, from advertising
and humour, to cinema and last words.
• Over 6,000 quotations.
• The ideal reference source for speech, essay and letter writers,
and for trivia and crossword buffs.
Rawson's
Dictionary of American Quotations
From Henry David Thoreau to Mark Twain via Benjamin Franklin, Rawson's
Dictionary of American Quotations covers the whole gamut of American life,
culture and politics. By turns humourous and serious, its range includes
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Joseph Kesserling on 'Sanity', Albert Einstein
on 'Mystery' and Woodrow Wilson on 'Poverty'.
• More
than 5,000 quotations
• Many quotations include annotations giving context
• Over 500 topics
• Quotations are chronologically organized within topics
Respectfully
Quoted
The Congressional Research Service has been responding to Congressional
inquiries about quotations for eighty-five years, and during this time
they have searched out many of the most popular statements many times
over. But they have tracked down many others that had never been identified
before but which had a pith and point equal to the more traditional thoughts.
The 2100 statements included in this book are the best of the latter.
Quotations come from a very wide range of writers and speakers, such as
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herodotus and Maria Montessori; it covers
subjects as diverse as Santa Claus and Truth, Obscenity and Morality.
Simpson's
Contemporary Quotations
About 10,000 outstanding quotable comments uttered since 1950, with special
emphasis on the last two dozen years, can be found only in Simpson's Contemporary
Quotations. Bons mots, witticisms, epigrams and profundities from nearly
4,000 people - famous and infamous, renowned and obscure - fill a unique
compilation. The quotes in this lively collection, ranging from the words
of Hank Aaron to those of Vladimir Zworykin, from Politics & Government
to Communications & the Arts, are drawn from thousands of sources
into one useful volume. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations provides the
date and whenever possible the circumstances surrounding each utterance.
This detailed documentation makes the book an essential reference for
journalists, executives, jurists, clerics, politicians, teachers, speechwriters,
students, scholars, authors and all others who want to quote with accuracy
and flair
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