Author : Gregory Titelman
Publisher : Random House Reference
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 32,51 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN :
An annotated reference of more than 1,500 proverbs and sayings of the American language.
Author : Peter McDonald
Publisher : Oxford Medical Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 37,27 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780198565987
'. . . absolutely fascinating... It is impossible to open this book at any page without finding something that will interest or entertain you... The rich and famous are certainly well represented in compilation and quite rightly so. Then there are real gems, including those from the most unlikely sources... This book is a little treasure.' -The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, 128'It's no laughing matter going to the doctor but at least this collection of cracking quotes can make the visit more bearable.' -Northern Echo'If you wish to pepper a presentation or if you enjoy writing... then you will find much in this volume to quote. I haven't counted them in detail, but I estimate there are in excess of 1500 quotations arranged in two ways: by author and by subject. This makes it very easy to locate a particular quotation, and as the title indicates they are all concerned in one way or another with various aspects of medicine... This is an excellent book to have beside you when writing an article or preparing a lecture. The selection is scholarly and the presentation excellent.' -Dr Alan EmeryThe Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations presents a wonderfully entertaining and eclectic range of quotations covering all aspects of medicine through the ages. It couples profound statements from famous scientists with witty one-liners from the likes of Woody Allen and Spike Milligan. Packed with hundreds of quotations, it is a book that anyone in the medical profession, or with an interest in health, will find an invaluable source of reference and considerable entertainment.Readership: Doctors in all areas of medicine. General readership
Author : James H. Billington
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0486472884
A treasury of thought-provoking declarations and observations features a splendid variety of political, scientific, social, and literary voices. Quoted historical figures include Paine, Milton, Emerson, Marx, Napoleon, Dickens, and Churchill.
Author : Robert Andrews
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 1214 pages
File Size : 30,65 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780231071949
Over 11,000 of these 18,000 quotations have never before appeared in a quotation book. Chosen not for their familiarity but for their quality and their relevance in the 1990s, these provocative quotations cover subjects from adolescence and adoption to yuppies and zoos.
Author : Robert Andrews
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Reference
ISBN :
From Margot Asquith to Monica Lewinsky, from George V to Boutros Boutros-Galli and Jonathan Aitken to Frank Zappa, "The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations" is the definitive collection.
Author : A. J. Ayer
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 21,26 MB
Release : 1994-08-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780631194781
The dictionary shows philosophers at their best (and their worst), at their most perverse and their most elegant. Organised by philosopher, and indexed by thought, concept and phrase, it enables readers to discover who said what, and what was said by whom. Over 300 philosophers are represented, from Aristotle to Zeno, including Einstein, Aquinas, Sartre and De Beauvoir, and the quotations range from short cryptic phrases to longer statements. This Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations d will not change your life. It will change your mind.
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Publisher :
Page : 1972 pages
File Size : 11,71 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Publishers' catalogs
ISBN :
Author : C.C. Gaither
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0429525648
Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing contains over 1,500 quotes pertinent and especially illuminating to these disciplines. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. Some are profound, some are witty, some are wise but none are frivolous. The extensive author and subject indexes
Author : Alan L. Mackay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 25,86 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351470035
Science affects us all-in the words of Albert Einstein, "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." It is therefore fascinating to discover the thoughts of scientists, philosophers, humanists, poets, theologians, politicians, and other miscellaneous mortals on this most important of subjects. A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations is a personal selection of scientific quotations by Professor Alan L Mackay that includes graffiti, lines of song, proverbs, and poetry. Whether you believe that "All problems are finally scientific problems" (George Bernard Shaw) or that "Imagination is more important than knowledge" (Einstein), it is without doubt that "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations" (Churchill). You will be charmed and delighted by this collection and remember, "'Why,'" said the Dodo, "'the best way to explain it is to do it'" (Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll).
Author : Elizabeth M. Knowles
Publisher : Oxford : Oxford University Press
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 20,68 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Compiles over 10,000 quotations, proverbs, and phrases on over 350 themes, among them actors and acting, bores and boredom, elections, food and drink, kissing, madness, schools, taxes, the weather, and youth. Many are attributed, with reference to particular works, while others merely explain the meaning and sometimes the background. For example, a Carthaginian peace is a peace settlement that imposes very severe terms of the defeated side, and refers to the ultimate destruction of Carthage by Rome in the Punic Wars. A keyword index presents abbreviated versions to facilitate finding a particular, perhaps half remembered, quotation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
