The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (77 page)
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Brown, Christy
1932–81
1932–81
1
Painting became everything to me…Through it I made articulate all that I saw and felt, all that went on inside the mind that was housed within my useless body like a prisoner in a cell.
Painting became everything to me…Through it I made articulate all that I saw and felt, all that went on inside the mind that was housed within my useless body like a prisoner in a cell.
My Left Foot
(1954)
Brown, H. Rap
1943–
1943–
1
I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
speech at Washington, 27 July 1967
Brown, John
1800–59
1800–59
1
I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.
I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.
written on the day of his execution, 2 December 1859
Brown, Thomas
1663–1704
1663–1704
1
A little before you made a leap into the dark.
I do not love thee, Dr Fell.
The reason why I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not love thee, Dr Fell.
written while an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford, of which Dr Fell was Dean
A little before you made a leap into the dark.
Letters from the Dead to the Living
(1702) "Answer to Mr Joseph Haines"
I do not love thee, Dr Fell.
The reason why I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not love thee, Dr Fell.
written while an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford, of which Dr Fell was Dean
A. L. Hayward (ed.)
Amusements Serious and Comical by Tom Brown
(1927).
Browne, Cecil
1932–
1932–
1
But not so odd
As those who choose
A Jewish God,
But spurn the Jews.
But not so odd
As those who choose
A Jewish God,
But spurn the Jews.
reply to verse by William Norman Ewer.
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