The book`s editor, Elizabeth Knowles, said the continuing spread of the global village, to quote media guru Marshall McLuhan, meant quotes from the past sometimes become familiar to new audiences.

• 诺丽斯还说：“今天我们所收录的这些名人名言，不管是亲口说的还是电子合成的（科学家霍金只能通过这种方式“说”），迟早会被全球的人们所认识。”