Customer Reviews
Quite the best book of quotations! - By: High Andes, 03 Nov 2008 
What a great book - packed with gems of wit & wisdom. Only the interesting-facts QI team could deliver such a great collection & do it so well. Clearly a real labour of love for those who put it together.
A veritable treasure trove. An ideal present for almost anyone on almost any occasion.
Just as good as the TV show... - By: A. Sunnucks, 23 Oct 2008 I absolutely love this book. I have hundreds of quotation books, but they almost all lack the editorial style of Messrs Lloyd & Mitchinson. The big difference is that quotation books are normally only really reference books, this one flows so that you find yourself absorbed & taken along by it.
Other reviewers suggest it's nothing to do with the TV show QI. I don't agree. John Lloyd & John Mitchinson dreamed up & produce the QI TV show, & you can tell the humour & approach is from the same place. The great thing about the TV show is nothing is off limits. If it is interesting & it is funny, it is in. From Greek philosophy to the profane & odd, anything goes. The same applies to this excellent book, & that, along with the Johns' comedy & editorial talent is why this is different from the others.
Interesting. Amusing. Ideal for dipping into. - By: Helenangl2, 12 Oct 2008 
This book is simply a collection of amusing quotations from the famous - & the not so famous. It doesn't really appear to have anything more to do with QI than having the series name on the cover. It's a great book for dipping into but hardly something you'll want to tirelessly read from cover to cover. Ideal as a bathroom reader or to amuse others with.
And I quote... - By: Paul Everdark, 10 Oct 2008 Ever stumbled a cross a quote or saying that rang so true, you've decided to write it down & tuckin a pocket for future reference? Well, this book's full of them.
Quotes are powerful things. They can make us happy, sad, laugh, cry, can comfort us, annoy us...the list goes on. As such, this book is a rollercoaster of opinions & witticisms, some of which are infamous, some of which are lesser known.
It's difficult to review such a book because...well...it's a bit of a nothingness. It is, quite simply, a collection of quotes from famous people, A-Z by subject. That's it. The overall product feels rushed, too - on my first thumb through, I noticed 3 spelling errors! - & I don't appreciate having the QI brand slapped on it. A foreword by Fry it may have, but it has very little to do with the show.
That said, is does what it's meant to do, & it does it well - it's a big volume, the kind that warrants dipping into, despite perhaps not seeming to be great value at first, I can imagine this book lasting years, always worth opening up to find a quote to inspire (or infuriate) you.
