Not only is there no God but try getting a plumber on the weekend
Woody Allen

When I appear in public people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is easy
Princess Anne

From politics it was an easy step to silence
Jane Austin

There is less in this than meets the eye
Tallulah Bankhead

I am not overfond of resisting temptation
William Beckford

I shall hear in Heaven
Ludwig Van Beethoven

That's it baby, if you've got it, flaunt it
Mel Brooks

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God
Lenny Bruce

Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage
Jacques Cousteau

When I split an infinative, God damn it, I split it so it stays split
Raymond Chandler

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a girl
Sir Charles Chaplin

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse
Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor)

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few
Sir Winston Churchill

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect
Jean Cocteau

My virtue's still far too small, I don't trot it out and about yet
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

The people may be forced to follow a course of action, but they may not be made to understand it
Confucius

Abandon all hope, you who enter here
Dante Alighieri

Fasten your seatbelts, its going to be a bumpy night
Bette Davis

Politics is too important to be left to the politicians
Charles De Gaulle

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Charles Dickens

Come live with me and be my love
And we will some new pleasures prove
John Donne

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one
Alexandre Dumas

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love
Edward VIII of England

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
Albert Einstein

Now we can look the East End in the face
Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Never give a sucker an even break
W. C. Fields

The bigger they come the harder they fall
Bob Fitzsimmons

My people and I have come to an agreement which suits us both. They are to say what they please and I am to do what I please
Frederick the Great of Prussia

In the afluent society no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities
John Kenneth Galbraith

But it does move
Galileo Galilei

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth
Aristotle

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Neil Armstrong

He could not see a belt without hitting below it
Margot Asquith

Rome has spoken, the case is concluded
Saint Augustine

And its goodnight from him
Ronnie Barker

One should try everything once except incest and folk dancing
Sir Arnold Bax

A storm in a teacup
W. B. Bernard

Since when was genius found respectable
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword
Baron Lytton

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
Robert Burns

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liquers at one go
Truman Capote

Curiouser and curiouser
Lewis Carrol