The Oxford dictionary of modern quotations (79 page)

1866-1925

Ravel refuse la L�gion d'Honneur, mais son �uvre l'accepte.

Ravel refuses the Legion of Honour, but all his music accepts it.

In Jean Cocteau Le Discours d'Oxford (1956) p. 49

19.23 Telly Savalas =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1926-

Who loves ya, baby?

Catch-phrase in American TV series Kojak (1973-8)

19.24 Dorothy L. Sayers =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1893-1957

I admit it is better fun to punt than to be punted, and that a desire to

have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry.

Gaudy Night (1935) ch. 14

With a gesture of submission he bowed his head and stood gravely, the

square cap dangling in his hand. "Placetne, magistra?" "Placet."

Gaudy Night (1935) ch. 23 (Lord Peter Wimsey's marriage proposal to

Harriet Vane, and her acceptance)

Plain lies are dangerous: the only weapons left him [the advertiser] are

the suggestio falsi and the suppressio veri, and his use even of these

would be very much more circumscribed if one person in ten had ever been

taught how to read. Those who prefer their English sloppy have only

themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of

vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds. The moral of all

this...is that we have the kind of advertising we deserve.

Spectator 19 Nov. 1937 "The Psychology of Advertising"

As I grow older and older,

And totter towards the tomb,

I find that I care less and less

Who goes to bed with whom.

"That's Why I Never Read Modern Novels," in Janet Hitchman Such a Strange

Lady (1975) ch. 12

19.25 Al Scalpone =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

The family that prays together stays together.

Slogan devised for the Roman Catholic Family Rosary Crusade in 1947: see

Patrick Peyton All for Her (1967) p. 144

19.26 Hugh Scanlon (Baron Scanlon) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1913-

Of course liberty is not licence. Liberty in my view is conforming to

majority opinion.

Television interview, 9 Aug. 1977, in Listener 11 Aug. 1977

19.27 Arthur Scargill =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1938-

Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not

defied the law.

Said in evidence to House of Commons Select Committee on Employment,

2 Apr. 1980, in House of Commons Paper no. 462 of Session 1979-80 p. 55

19.28 Age Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Sergio Leone =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Age Scarpelli 1926-

Luciano Vincenzoni 1926-

Sergio Leone 1921-

Il buono, il bruto, il cattivo.

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Title of film (1966)

19.29 Moritz Schlick =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

The meaning of a proposition is the method of its verification.

Philosophical Review (1936) vol. 45, p. 341 "Meaning and Verification"

19.30 Artur Schnabel =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1882-1951

The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between

the notes--ah, that is where the art resides!

In Chicago Daily News 11 June 1958

Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.

In Saturday Review of Literature 29 Sept. 1951

I don't think there was ever a piece of music that changed a man's

decision on how to vote.

My Life and Music (1961) pt. 2, ch. 8

When I am asked, "What do you think of our audience?" I answer, "I know

two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing."

My Life and Music (1961) pt. 2, ch. 10

19.31 Arnold Schoenberg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1874-1951

If it is art, it is not for the masses. "If it is for the masses it is not

art" is a topic which is rather similar to a word of yourself.

Letter to W. S. Schlamm, 1 July 1945, in Erwin Stein Arnold Schoenberg

Letters (1964) p. 235

19.32 Budd Schulberg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1914-

You don't understand. I could have had class. I could have been a

contender. I could have been somebody--instead of a bum, which is what

I am, let's face it.

On the Waterfront (1954 film; words spoken by Marlon Brando)

What makes Sammy run?

Title of novel (1941)

19.33 Diane B. Schulder =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1937-

Law is a reflection and a source of prejudice. It both enforces and

suggests forms of bias.

In Robin Morgan Sisterhood is Powerful (1970) p. 139

19.34 E. F. Schumacher =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1911-1977

Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation of man,

a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of future

generations: as long as you have not shown it to be "uneconomic" you have

not really questioned its right to exist, grow, and prosper.

Small is Beautiful (1973) pt. 1, ch. 3

Small is beautiful. A study of economics as if people mattered.

Title of book (1973)

19.35 Albert Schweitzer =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1875-1965

Am Abend des dritten Tages, als wir bei Sonnenuntergang gerade durch eine

Herde Nilpferde hindurchfuhren, stand urpl�tzlich, von mir nicht geahnt

und nicht gesucht, das Wort "Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben" vor mir.

Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, we were making

our way through a herd of hippopotamuses, there flashed upon my mind,

unforeseen and unsought, the phrase, "Reverence for Life."

Aus meinem Leben und Denken (My Life and Thought, 1933) ch. 13

"Heda, Kamerad," rufe ich, "willst du uns nicht ein wenig helfen?" "Ich

bin ein Intellektueller und trage Kein Holz," lautete die Antwort. "Hast

du Gl�ck," erwiderte ich; "auch ich wollte ein Intellektueller werden,

aber es ist mir nicht gelungen."

"Hullo! friend," I call out, "Won't you lend us a hand?" "I am an

intellectual and don't drag wood about," came the answer. "You're lucky,"

I reply. "I too wanted to become an intellectual, but I didn't succeed."

Mitteilungen aus Lambarene (1928, tr. by C. T. Campion, 1931 as More from

the Primeval Forest) ch. 5

Die Wahrheit hat keine Stunde. Ihre Zeit ist immer und gerade dann wenn

sie am unzeitgem�ssesten scheint.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now--always, and indeed

then most truly when it seems most unsuitable to actual circumstances.

Zwischen Wasser und Urwald (On the Edge of the Primeval Forest, 1922)

ch. 11

19.36 Kurt Schwitters =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1887-1948

Ich bin Maler, ich nagle meine Bilder.

I am a painter and I nail my pictures together.

Remark to Raoul Hausmann, 1918, in Raoul Hausmann Am Anfang war Dada (In

the Beginning was Dada, 1972) p. 63

19.37 Martin Scorsese and Mardik Martin =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Martin Scorsese 1942-

Mardik Martin

You don't make up for your sins in church; you do it in the street, you do

it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Mean Streets (1973 film) in Michael Bliss Martin Scorsese and Michael

Cimino (1985) ch. 3

19.38 C. P. Scott =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1846-1932

A newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly, and its first duty is

to shun the temptations of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering

of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not

tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in

the mode of presentation must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong.

Comment is free, but facts are sacred.

Manchester Guardian 5 May 1921

19.39 Paul Scott =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1920-1978

The jewel in the crown.

Title of novel (1966)

19.40 Robert Falcon Scott =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1868-1912

Great God! this [the South Pole] is an awful place and terrible enough for

us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority.

Diary, 17 Jan. 1912, in Scott's Last Expedition (1913) vol. 1, ch. 18

For God's sake look after our people.

Diary, 29 Mar. 1912, in Scott's Last Expedition (1913) vol. 1, ch. 20

Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than

games; they encourage it in some schools.

Final letter to his wife, in Scott's Last Expedition (1913) vol. 1, ch. 20

Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood,

endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart

of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the

tale.

"Message to the Public" in Scott's Last Expedition (1913) vol. 1, ch. 20

19.41 Florida Scott-Maxwell =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for

signs of improvement.

Measure of my Days (1968) p. 16

19.42 Alan Seeger =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1888-1916

I have a rendezvous with Death

At some disputed barricade,

When Spring comes round with rustling shade

And apple blossoms fill the air.

I have a rendezvous with Death

When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

North American Review Oct. 1916 "I Have a Rendezvous with Death"

19.43 Pete Seeger =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1919-

Where have all the flowers gone?

The girls have picked them every one.

Oh, when will you ever learn?

Where Have all the Flowers Gone? (1961 song) See also Anonymous (1.43)

19.44 Erich Segal =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1937-

Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.

Love Story (1970) ch. 13

19.45 W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

W. C. Sellar 1898-1951

R. J. Yeatman 1898-1968

For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty who

don't want to learn--much.

And Now All This (1932) introduction

The Roman Conquest was, however, a Good Thing, since the Britons were only

natives at the time.

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 1

The conversion of England was thus effected by the landing of St Augustine

in Thanet and other places, which resulted in the country being overrun by

a Wave of Saints. Among these were St Ive, St Pancra, the great St

Bernard (originator of the clerical collar), St Bee, St Ebb, St Neot (who

invented whisky), St Kit and St Kin, and the Venomous Bead (author of The

Rosary).

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 3

Edward III had very good manners. One day at a royal dance he noticed

some men-about-court mocking a lady whose garter had come off, whereupon

to put her at her ease he stopped the dance and made the memorable

epitaph: "Honi soie qui mal y pense" ("Honey, your silk stocking's

hanging down").

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 24

Shortly after this the cruel Queen died and a post-mortem examination

revealed the word "CALLOUS" engraved on her heart.

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 32

The utterly memorable Struggle between the Cavaliers (Wrong but Wromantic)

and the Roundheads (Right but Repulsive).

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 35

Charles II was always very merry and was therefore not so much a king as a

Monarch.

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 36

The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it

off, for fear of Political Economy.

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 38

Napoleon's armies always used to march on their stomachs shouting: "Vive

l'Int�rieur!" and so moved about very slowly (ventre-�-terre, as the

French say) thus enabling Wellington to catch them up and defeat them.

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 48

Gladstone also invented the Education Rate by which it was possible to

calculate how soon anybody could be educated, and he spent his declining

years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately

whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question.

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 57

AMERICA was thus clearly top nation, and History came to a .

1066 and All That (1930) ch. 62

Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.

1066 and All That (1930) "Test Paper 5"

19.46 Robert W. Service =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-