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- 4,000 of the best quotations of past and present
- Special words for any special occasion; snappy one-liners and the world´s greatest ideas
- Over 300 themes - from Fashion to Philosophy, Censorship to Sex
- Wide range of authors, wits, celebrities, politicians, and thinkers, including Shakespeare, Twiggy, Salman Rushdie, and George Bush

New to this edition:
- Over 200 newly selected quotations
- Many new themes including Toasts, Relationships, and Parties
- Fully revised and updated
- Enhanced presentation of book with useful ribbon-marker
- This updated edition is the perfect gift for every occasion. From Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde to Fidel Castro and Dolly Parton, this dictionary features 4,000 of the best quotations of past and present. Packed with quotable quotes on over 300 themes from Parties to Punctuality, and with new subjects including Toasts and Relationships, this is the ideal tool for finding exactly the right words to express yourself in any situation.

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This updated edition is the perfect gift for every occasion. From Shakespeare and Mark Twain to Albert Einstein and Kate Moss, this dictionary features 4,000 of the best and most popular quotations of past and present. Packed with quotable quotes on over 300 themes from Parties to Punctuality, this is the ideal tool for finding exactly the right words to express yourself in any situation. ´There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates´ loot on Treasure
Island´ said Walt Disney, and in this book a crowd of voices offer ideas: ´Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world´, ´Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing´, ´The fool wonders, the wise man asks´, ´Comedy is tragedy plus time´, ´Friends are the sunshine of
life´.

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Susan Ratcliffe is Associate Editor for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries, and has previously edited the Oxford Treasury of Sayings and Quotations and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

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