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<p>Containing some 9,000 quotations of 2,500 individuals, this dictionary lists famous and not-so-famous utterances and lines alphabetically by author, along with brief textual citations. The quotes range from classical to contemporary and from whimsy to gravitas. As one would expect from an Oxford dictionary, the material favors British quotes, but not overly so. A comprehensive index allows readers to locate quotations by keyword. Several thematic lists of quotations are also appended Annotation &copy;2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>Based on the fifth edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, published in 1999 and also edited by Knowles, this shortened version of that classic (and an update of the third edition, which came out in 1997) reflects its richness and range even though it contains half the number of quotations found in the original. What's more, it extends the coverage to new categories, such as advertising slogans, film lines, political sayings and slogans, cartoon captions, and misquotations. These include, for example, Hillary Rodham Clinton's I am not standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette and Woody Allen's I recently turned

Author

Elizabeth Knowles; Oxford University Press

Publisher

Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192800701

Subjects

Computer Science, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24