Favourite Quotations

[Fisherman]

Okay, this cannot go on without a Swedish contribution. Author Fritiof Nilsson Piraten in my translation:

"There is nothing that has never happened - but a lot that has never been told."

[MrBarnett]

I used to kiss my girlfriend on the hand - but now it’s all over.

Max Wall

[Bridewell]

"Life is drawing breath; in and out we puff it. But what know we of death? Nothing - till we snuff it." Colin Macdonald.

[Bridewell]

"Abraham Lincoln here....he's got a dog whistle as big as a foghorn!" Joe Biden (when Donald Trump likened himself to his illustrious forebear).

[Bridewell]

"That government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." Abraham Lincoln.

[Bridewell]

"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." John Dalberg-Acton (1st Lord Acton).

[Bridewell]

"The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable." Oscar Wilde (on foxhunting).

[Bridewell]

"If I could write the beauty of your eyes and, in fresh numbers, number all your graces". William Shakespeare.

[Bridewell]

"What - you mean he's still out there?"

Unknown American tourist on being told (on a Ripper Tour) that Jack the Ripper was never caught (so I'm told).

[Bridewell]

"It costs a lot of money to look this cheap!" Dolly Parton

[Bridewell]

"I went to my lawyer the other day. He said, 'Sign your name on the sanity clause'. Sanity Clause? I didn't even know it was Christmas!"

W.C.Fields

[Bridewell]

"Bugger Bognor!" King George V

[Bridewell]

"Lord, if you wish me to eat this delicious donut give me absolutely no sign.........thy will be done!" Homer J Simpson

[Bridewell]

"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker." Ogden Nash

[Bridewell]

Just a bit of fun really - please add any quotations you particularly like - one-liners preferred please. No full-length speeches, however memorable.

"I am as pure as the driven slush" - Tallulah Bankhead.