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JAMES BOND
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The Quotable Double-0 Seven
1500 Humorous Quotations about the world's favourite spy.
"As long as Bond is in his Aston Martin all’s right with the world and we can feel as snug as a tuxedo tucked into a wet suit."
Ian Johns in The Times (2002)
The Quotable Double-0 Seven
1500 Humorous Quotations about the world's favourite spy.
"Bond was a suave intellectual who could slice through life's difficulties with the ruthless efficiency of Oddjob's hat."
William Grimes in The New York Times (1991)
The Quotable Double-0 Seven
Over 4000 Biographical Quotations about the world's favourite spy.
"Bond could be seen as a modern embodiment of the agonistic spirit, of Nietzsche's assertion that the cruelty of victory is the pinnacle of life's jubilation."
Thomas Vinciguerra in The New York TImes (2003)
DANCE BOOKS
For full details on our range of Dance-themed books click on the Book Titles below
For full details on our range of Dance-themed books click on the Book Titles below
2000 Biographical Quotations about the world's greatest dancer: Fred Astaire
"Mr. Astaire bursts into a dance which in its speed and unselfconsciousness seems equally to break the laws of nature."
Graham Greene in The Spectator (1936)
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2000 Biographical Quotations about the world's greatest dancer Fred Astaire
“Give Mr. Astaire a hunk of rhythm, a straw boater and a girl, and he’s your man.”
Bosley Crowther in The New York Times (1950)
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1300 Humorous Dance Quotations covering Stage, Screen and Life in General.
"I can't dance! My flailing limbs could take out at least four people. The only time I look good dancing is next to my dad at a wedding."
Cat Deeley
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1500 Humorous Dance Quotations covering the Strictly Come Dancing TV show and dancing in general (on stage, screen and TV).
"The feathered and sequined monster that is the Strictly... series may have finished for another year but still it Waltzes on, and has proven that Ballroom dancing, once the preserve of pensioners taking to their town halls for a tea dance, is now officially more cool than a silent disco."
Chitra Ramaswamy in Scotland on Sunday (2007)
1000 Humorous TV Dance Quotes from Dancing WIth The Stars to So You Think You Can Dance ... and more from around the world.
"The professional D.W.T.S. dancers are just a few body parts away from resembling porn stars; certainly many of them could pass for porn stars."
Sasha Stone in The Santa Monica Mercury (2008)
THE QUOTABLE CRITIC - Volume One (2000-2009)
Who Put The "OW!" Into ShOWbusiness?
2000 Comical Celebrity Cheapshots from the 21st Century.
TO BITCH or NOT TO BITCH!?
1500 Girl-on-Girl Celebrity Insults ... in a light-hearted, yet hard-nosed, head-long dive into the world of the Celebrity Bitch
"Hillary Clinton faces a future that appears to hold nothing more exciting than more ill-fitting pants suits and a husband who looks increasingly like W.C Fields."
THE QUOTABLE POKER PLAYER
1500 Humorous Poker Quotations.
"Poker is the new pornography. The Internet is awash with it … it’s banned in China and it’s full of excitable Scandinavians."
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"I don't believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick a thing up and put it back down. To me, that's indecision."
OLYMPIC WIT
750 Humorous Quotations about the Olympic Games.
"The Olympics. Not a sport but several peculiar sports, each of which only commands your attention every four years, like a dental appointment."
THE COMPLETE QUIRKS OF SHAKESPEARE
A collection of humorous and thought-provoking quotes, references and allusions on and about Shakespeare and his work. The sources are as diverse as the characters and plots Shakespeare wrote about: from Raymond Chandler to Chandler Bing, Larry Olivier to Leo DiCaprio, Stephen King to Stephen Hawking, Monty Python to Black Adder, A.A. Gill to Z.Z. Top.
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CRITICAL REVIEW
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Who Put The "OW!" Into ShOWbusiness?
2000 Comical Celebrity Cheapshots from the 21st Century.
"I don't find Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow character - in Pirates of the Caribbean - at all amusing and when he received an Oscar nomination for it, well, I nearly ate a parrot."
Jason Solomons in The Mail on Sunday (2003)
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1500 Girl-on-Girl Celebrity Insults ... in a light-hearted, yet hard-nosed, head-long dive into the world of the Celebrity Bitch
"Hillary Clinton faces a future that appears to hold nothing more exciting than more ill-fitting pants suits and a husband who looks increasingly like W.C Fields."
IN PRODUCTION
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1500 Humorous Poker Quotations.
To be published on 31 August 2010.
"Poker is the new pornography. The Internet is awash with it … it’s banned in China and it’s full of excitable Scandinavians."
Rick Dacey on InsidePokerMag.co.uk (2006)
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QUOTE LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE A QUEEN BEE
1000 Humorous Sports Quotations exclusively by Women
1000 Humorous Sports Quotations exclusively by Women
To be published in early 2011.
"I don't believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick a thing up and put it back down. To me, that's indecision."
Paula Poundstone
OLYMPIC WIT
750 Humorous Quotations about the Olympic Games.
To be published in early 2011.
"The Olympics. Not a sport but several peculiar sports, each of which only commands your attention every four years, like a dental appointment."
Dan Jenkins
THE FUN-XPLAINED
1250 Humorous Quotations about Science Fiction, the Paranormal, the Unexplained and other mysterious phenomena.
1250 Humorous Quotations about Science Fiction, the Paranormal, the Unexplained and other mysterious phenomena.
To be published in 2011.
Dana Scully: "Your contact, while interesting in the context of science fiction, was, at least in my memory, recounting a poorly veiled synopsis of an episode of Rocky & Bullwinkle."
on The X-Files
on The X-Files
A collection of humorous and thought-provoking quotes, references and allusions on and about Shakespeare and his work. The sources are as diverse as the characters and plots Shakespeare wrote about: from Raymond Chandler to Chandler Bing, Larry Olivier to Leo DiCaprio, Stephen King to Stephen Hawking, Monty Python to Black Adder, A.A. Gill to Z.Z. Top.
To be published in 2011.
"Song lyrics are meant to be sung, recipes are made to be cooked, and Shakespeare is made to be performed and watched. Reading Shakespeare from a book is an American school tradition, but it makes less sense than reading recipes you never intend to cook or taste."
Sandra Dodd, Off the Grid: Bringing Shakespeare Home (2000)
Sandra Dodd, Off the Grid: Bringing Shakespeare Home (2000)
Over 1000 Thematic Quotations about the world's favourite time traveller.
The Quotable Doctor Who contains a comprehensive collection of quotes, reviews and references about Doctor Who - the famous TV time lord.javascript:void(0)
The book also covers comments and quotations about The Doctor's companions (from K9 to Rose Tyler), his enemies (from Daleks to Cybermen) and the leading actors (from Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker to David Tennant and Matt Smith) and support cast, as well as writers, fans and critics, etc.
To be published on Dec 1st 2010
"Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!"
Harlan Ellison (1975)
Future book titles in the Blue Eyed pipeline include:
The Quotable Harry Potter
The Quotable Michael Jackson
The Quotable Fashionista
The Quotable Fly Angler
Laughing Gear - The Quotable "Top Gear"
Women are from M&S, Men are from Vegas
Duckbilled Platitudes - Misquotable Quotables
For more information on our current book list or future titles, or if you have a quotations book idea that you would like to see in print, please send an email to BLUE EYED BOOKS
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