Messing About in Quotes by Gyles Brandreth

Messing About in Quotes by Gyles Brandreth

Become a dazzling wit or enjoy a good laugh with this entertaining collection of humorous quotations, carefully handpicked and edited by writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth. From Art to Bores, Tennis to Wine, this little dictionary contains over 2,700 of the best quotations, from witty one-liners and funny phrases to pithy comments and unintended humour. If you live to be one hundred you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. - George Burns I thought coq au vin was love in a lorry. - Victoria Wood Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie-detector. - Graham Greene The trouble with a book is that you never know what's in it until it's too late. - Jeanette Winterson

Always good for a laugh and there are lots of laughs, familiar and unfamiliar, on every page from many others wits* Robert Tanitch, Mature Times *
A great stocking filler. * The People's Friend *

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster and former MP - and one of Britain's most sought-after award ceremony hosts and after dinner speakers. A reporter on The One Show and a regular contestant on Radio 4's Just a Minute, his many books include The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries, the no.1 bestseller: The 7 Secrets of Happiness, as well as the hugely popular Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations.

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ISBN 13	9780198813187
ISBN 10	019881318X
Title	Messing About in Quotes
Author	Gyles Brandreth
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2018-10-04
Number of pages	400
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