The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (285 page)

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McAuliffe, Anthony
1898–1975
1
Nuts!
replying to the German demand for surrender at Bastogne, Belgium, 22 December 1944

in
New York Times
28 December 1944

McCaig, Norman
1910–96
1
Who owns this landscape?
The millionaire who bought it or
the poacher staggering downhill in the early morning
with a deer on his back?

"A Man in Assynt" (1969)

McCarthy, Joseph
1908–57
1
I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five [people] that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department.

speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, 9 February 1950

2
McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.

speech in Wisconsin, 1952

McCarthy, Mary
1912–89
1
Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.

On the Contrary
(1961) "America the Beautiful"

2
If someone tells you he is going to make a "realistic decision", you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

On the Contrary
(1961) "American Realist Playwrights"

3
Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the".
on Lillian Hellman

in
New York Times
16 February 1980

McCartney, Paul
1942–
1
Ballads and babies. That's what happened to me.
on reaching the age of fifty

in
Time
8 June 1992

McClellan, George B.
1826–85
1
All quiet along the Potomac.
said at the time of the American Civil War

attributed.

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