'Every age hath its book' - The Koran. `It's better to be quotable than honest' - Tom Stoppard. Continuously in print since 1961, the Collins Gem Dictionary of Quotations is now more than ever the best value-for-money mini-dictionary of quotations available.

The Gem is designed to make it easy to find appropriate questions. The book is organised around a host of themes, from Acting and Adultery to Cooking and Poetry. Select a relevant theme and pick an appropriate quotations.

* Includes over 4000 quotations on themes ranging from Acting and Adultery to Cookery and Poetry, with special sections on Last Words and Epitaphs
* Includes all the classic quotes, from Julius Caesar and Tennyson to Max Beerbohm and Oscar Wilde
* Modern quotations range from Ringo Starr and Nelson Mandela to Ken Dodd and Patrick O'Brian, and Germaine Greer on Posh n' Becks

- `Beckham is an archangel, and Victoria is a figure of darkness attached to him' (Germaine Greer)
- `From every progressive point of view, September 11 has been a disaster' (Tariq Ali)
- `a case of mistaken non-entity' (Kathy Lette on being mistaken for Ruby Wax)