Bons Mots by Giles Dixon

Bons Mots* , as the title suggests, is a lively and entertaining book of memorable quotes divided into 18 sections. These range from art to war via business, environment, finance, living & dying, love & marriage, philosophy, politics and religion.

This handy collection fits into a pocket and would make a ideal gift for almost anyone, as well as an aide memoire for a speaker or someone wanting a few quick quotes to liven up a meeting.

The collection includes words of wit and wisdom  from – to name but a few – heads of state: Queen Elizabeth ll, Obama, Macron, the Ruler of Qatar, Pope Francis; from business: Warren Buffett, Michael O’Leary, Steve Jobs; on the environment Chris Packham, Maathai Wangari and Charles Darwin. Writers include Christopher Hitchens, Edna O’Brien, Yuval Noah Harari; artists Antony Gormley, Luc Tuymans and Banksy; journalists writing for the Financial Times and The Guardian are also quoted, as are Donald Rumsfeld, Pamela Anderson and Barry Humphries.

The author, Giles Dixon, is a solicitor and collected the quotes over the past 25 years, including from newspapers and the BBC.

• Bons mots, French, literally means ‘good words’, but is best translated as ‘clever or witty remarks’ according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Published by Wordzworth, Bons Mots is  priced at £7.99 and available online and from bookshops

Online booksellers include:
Amazon and Blackwells  in the UK  and Barnes & Noble in the USA

For enquiries or more information, please write to: giles@gilesdixon.com