QI If Ignorance is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?: Quotes for Quite Interesting Times

Paperback. Pub Date :2010-07-01 Pages: 448 Language: English Publisher: Faber and Faber Crime Have you ever wondered why most books of quotations are stuffed full of rather pedestrian quotes by people youve never heard of Its a shame because a really good quotation book. one which gathered the truest and funniest insights of the best minds. and organised them into 250 subjects. from ambition to worry. (or from artichokes to woodpeckers). a book which offered you a useful take on almost every situation life throws at you (from the death of your childs hamster to the unified theory of everything). a sourcebook of wise one-loners. of knock-out jokes. of drole asides and heartfelt statements of truth and beauty. a practical handbook of interestingness. well. that would be worth having And. guess what Two thoughtful gentlemen have come up with one Five years of learning how to av...