Quotations (The Little Book Series) [Hardcover]

Winston, Sir Churchill (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Little Book Series | Publication Date: 1997

Small gift books that offer quotations for all kinds of preferences, from the humorous and naughty to the wise and well-known.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Jarrold Pub; 1st edition (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711709807
• ISBN-13: 978-0711709805
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,590,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Short, poignant, delightful; a good pocket-sized gift, September 11, 2010

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This review is from: Quotations (The Little Book Series) (Hardcover)

Churchill was always aware anything he said might be quoted, and sought to summarise his ideas in short, memorable phrases. This pocket-sized but high quality hardcover book is a little delight, fulfilling in substance what it lacks in length. In 40 or so un-numbered pages, fewer than 100 of the great man's more memorable utterances are interspersed with archive photos and portrait-drawings.

A couple of the more poignant examples taken from the same page, more or less at random, sums up the talent Churchill had for using the English language to concisely express the heart of the matter:

"A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject" (recognise this description in anyone you know?)

and in revealing his courage and humanity:

"In war: resolution; in defeat: defiance; in victory: magnanimity; in peace: goodwill"

This small book is more a portable artefact to cherish than a tome for serious reading. It's to be sampled in bite-sized chunks, and would make a good small gift.