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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This hilarious collection of humorous quotations, full of wisecracks and wit, snappy comments and inspired fantasy, has been specially chosen by Ned Sherrin. Now with even more quotes on more subjects: from Gambling to Hollywood, from Diets to Shopping. 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.
'If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor.' Joan Rivers on Health
'It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.' Mae West on Humor
'Don't get mad, get everything.' Ivana Trump on Marriage
'They misunderestimated me.' George W. Bush on Self-Knowledge
'If it's shiny, I buy it.' Graham Norton on Shopping Book News Annotation:The first edition was published in 1994, and the second, in 2000. In
his introduction editor Sherrin (whose credits are numerous as writer
of books and for stage and screen, and as director of numerous
theater productions) tells of the difficulties of weeding out
quotations that are past their "sell-by-date" to make room for new
ones and of revamping categories and planning for the next edition as
the book goes to press before some freshly discovered quips can be
included. The arrangement is by topic, for example music: "If you're
in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial"
(Herbie Man), and weather: "Summer has set in with its usual
severity" (Coleridge), and war: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here.
This is the war room" (from the movie, Dr. Strangelove). Authors and
key words are indexed.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:This hilarious collection of humorous quotations, full of wisecracks and wit, snappy comments and inspired fantasy, has been specially chosen by Ned Sherrin. Now with even more quotes on more subjects: from Gambling to Hollywood, from Diets to Shopping. 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. 'If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor.' Joan Rivers on Health 'It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.' Mae West on Humor 'Don't get mad, get everything.' Ivana Trump on Marriage 'They misunderestimated me.' George W. Bush on Self-Knowledge 'If it's shiny, I buy it.' Graham Norton on Shopping About the AuthorNed Sherrin is presenter of BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends. Producer and director of the ground-breaking 1960s satire TV show That Was the Week that Was, and producer of a number of films, including The Virgin Soldiers (1968) and Up Pompeii (1971), he has also written extensively for stage and screen. He has directed many theatre productions such as Side by Side by Sondheim (London 1976 and New York 1977) and Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell (1989). He has compiled a number of anthologies, including Cutting Edge (Dent, 1984), Theatrical Anecdotes (Virgin, 1991), Ned Sherrin in his Anecdotage (Virgin, 1993), and the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (OUP, 1995, 2/e 2001). He has also written a novel, Scratch an Actor (Sinclair Stevenson, 1995). Table of Contents Introduction How to Use the Dictionary List of Themes Quotations Author Index Keyword Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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