Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
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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
Reviews
Review from previous edition Reviews from first edition:
"The ultimate guide to the sharpest, wryest and wittiest quips, put-downs and one-liners"--Romford Recorder
Reviews from second edition hardback:
"One of the bargains of the year. Indispensable for speechmakers, writers, etc., and indeed anyone who enjoys quotations"--Publishing News
"Does not disappoint . . . a brilliant manual for writers, after-dinner speakers and best men"--South Wales Evening Post
"However you like your humour, there will be something here for you and I defy you to leaf through it and find nothing to bring a smile to the lips"--Herts Advertiser
About the Author(s)
Ned Sherrin CBE was the 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 also wrote extensively for stage and screen. He directed many theatre productions such as Side by Side by Sondheim (London
1976 and New York 1977) and Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell (1989). He 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 also wrote the novel, Scratch an Actor (Sinclair Stevenson, 1995).
