Articoli correlati a Cassell's Dictionary of Regrettable Quotations
Sinossi
'I say some things and, gosh, I wish I hadn't said them¿' So said US senator Hubert Horatio Humphrey shortly after greeting the news of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on President Ford with the observation that 'there were far too many guns in the hands of people who didn't know how to use them¿'
This dictionary presents a richly varied selection of more than 1500 statements which the speaker would probably rather they had never made. The quotations embrace spectacular gaffes ('Groups of guitarists are on their way out' said a Decca executive of the Beatles), famous last words ('I feel a little better' - Queen Victoria on her deathbed) and bizarre revelations of ignorance ('I'm inconsolable, I was a very good friend of Jordan¿' - Mariah Carey confuses the basketball star Michael Jordan with the recently deceased King Hussein of Jordan). The quotations are listed under 150 topic headings embracing themes that range from the Beatles to broadcasting boobs and from pornography to poultry-rearing.
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Descrizione del libro
A richly entertaining and sometimes thought-provoking collection of some of the worst-chosen words in history.
L'autore
David Milsted lives in Dorset, and has compiled a number of quotations and general reference titles, including THE GUINNESS CHRONICLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY IN QUOTATIONS.
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