Pocket Book of Scottish Quotations

A book of quotations is, to my mind, not just a reference work to identify who said what, a rather dull purpose to which many such works are unfortunately confined. It is a book to dip into for ideas, to unashamedly poach the apt word or phrase to slip into one’s own conversation, to whet the appetite of authors not hitherto known or little read. Collections of quotations probably provide the ultimate in browsability, providing at the same time access to some of the most insightful, the most amusing and the most thought provoking comments that have ever been made,...