The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (307 page)

Millay, Edna St Vincent
1892–1950

1
Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.
Nobody that matters, that is.

"Childhood is the Kingdom where Nobody dies" (1934)

2
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

"Dirge Without Music" (1928)

3
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light.

A Few Figs From Thistles
(1920) "First Fig"

4
Justice denied in Massachusetts.
relating to the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and their execution on 22 August 1927

title of poem (1928)

5
We shall die in darkness, and be buried in the rain.

"Justice Denied in Massachusetts" (1928)

 
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Miller, Alice Duer
1874–1942

1
I am American bred,
I have seen much to hate here—much to forgive,
But in a world where England is finished and dead,
I do not wish to live.

The White Cliffs
(1940)

 
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Miller, Arthur
1915–

1
A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

After the Fall
(1964) act 2

2
Death of a salesman.

title of play (1949)

3
He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that's an earthquake…A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.

Death of a Salesman
(1949) "Requiem"

4
This is Red Hook, not Sicily…This is the gullet of New York swallowing the tonnage of the world.

A View from the Bridge
(1955) act 1

5
A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

in
Observer
26 November 1961

 
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Miller, Henry
1891–1980

1
Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Tropic of Cancer
(1934)

 
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Miller, Jonathan
1934–

1
In fact, I'm not really a
Jew
. Just Jew-
ish
. Not the whole hog, you know.

Beyond the Fringe
(1960 review) "Real Class"

 
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Milligan, Spike
1918–2002

1
Money couldn't buy friends but you got a better class of enemy.

Puckoon
(1963) ch. 6

 
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