The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (274 page)

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Linehan, Graham
and
Mathews, Arthur
1
It's great being a priest, isn't it, Ted?

"Good Luck, Father Ted" (1994), episode from
Father Ted
(Channel 4 TV, 1994–8)

2
Careful now!
placard alerting Craggy Island to a banned film

"The Passion of St Tibulus" (1994), episode from
Father Ted
(Channel 4 TV, 1994–8)

Lineker, Gary
1960–
1
The nice aspect about football is that, if things go wrong, it's the manager who gets the blame.
remark before his first match as captain of England

in
Independent
12 September 1990

Linklater, Eric
1899–1974
1
"There won't be any revolution in America," said Isadore. Nikitin agreed. "The people are all too clean. They spend all their time changing their shirts and washing themselves. You can't feel fierce and revolutionary in a bathroom."

Juan in America
(1931) bk. 5, pt. 3

Linkletter, Art
1912–
1
The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence.

A Child's Garden of Misinformation
(1965) ch. 8

Linley, George
1798–1865
1
Among our ancient mountains,
And from our lovely vales,
Oh, let the prayer re-echo:
"God bless the Prince of Wales!"

"God Bless the Prince of Wales" (1862 song); translated from the Welsh original by J. C. Hughes (1837–87)

Lin Yutang
1895–1976
1
[The traveller can] get the greatest joy of travel even without going to the mountains, by staying at home and watching and going about the field to watch a sailing cloud, or a dog, or a hedge, or a lonely tree.

The Importance of Living
(1938) ch. 11

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