Mad is he? Then I wish he would bite some of my other generals
George II of Great Britain

Another damned thick, square book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh!
William, Duke of Gloucester

I'll give you a definite maybe
Samuel Goldwyn

She who must be obeyed
Henry Rider Haggard

There was only one catch and that was catch 22
Joseph Heller

But did thee feel the Earth move?
Ernest Hemingway

Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done
Gordon Hewart (Baron)

The greater the lie, the greater the chance that it will be believed
Adolph Hitler

If Mr. Selwyn calls again, shew him up: If I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me
Henry Fox Holland (Baron)

Man has his will, but woman has her way
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Seize the day
Horace

You should never put your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth
Henrik Ibsen

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Thomas Jefferson

Who is to guard the guards themselves
Juvenal

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch
J. F. Kennedy

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow so that you can skin them again
Nikita Khrushchev

And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke
Rudyard Kipling

There cannot be a crisis this week. My schedule is already full
Henry Kissinger

The great nations have always acted like gangsters and the small nations like prostitutes
Stanley Kubrick

It's been a hard day's night
Lennon & McCartney

People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like
Abraham Lincoln

When they circumcised Herbert Samuel they threw away the wrong bit
David Lloyd George

Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands
Henry W. Longfellow

I almost had to wait
Louis XIV (King of France)

It ain't necessarily so
Ira Gershwin

Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat
Hermann Goering

Anybody who goes to see a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined
Samuel Goldwyn

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country
Nathan Hale

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt
Joseph Heller

Tea for two and two for tea
Otto Harbach

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
William E Hickson

Art is long, life is short
Hippocrates

In starting and waging a war it is not right that matters but victory
Adolph Hitler

The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent
John H Holmes

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork but she'll always come back
Horace

Life is just one damned thing after another
Elbert Hubbard

What's a man's first duty? The answer's brief. To be himself
Henrik Ibsen

"Will you walk into my parlour?" Said the spider to the fly
Mary Howitt

(Of Marilyn Monroe) She was good at being inarticulately abstracted for the same reason that midgets are good at being short
Clive James

Anyone can be a Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one
John XXIII

Only two things do they earnestly long for: Bread and circuses
Juvena

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - Ask what you can do for your country
J. F. Kennedy

More ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream
Charles Kingsley

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din
Rudyard Kipling

We are all the President's men
Henry Kissinger

Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country
Vladimir Lenin

She's the sort of woman that lives for others - You can always tell the others by their hunted expressions
C. S. Lewis

We're more popular than Jesus Christ now
John Lenon

The Right Honourable gentleman has sat so long on the fence that the iron has entered his soul
David Lloyd Jones

He can run but he can't hide
Joe Louis

Nothing can be created out of nothing
Lucretius

Because it is there
George Mallory

To the victors belong the spoils of the enemy
William Learned Marcy

Religion is the opium of the people
Karl Marx

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
Margaret Mitchell

England is a nation of shopkeepers
Napoleon I

Four legs good, two legs bad
George Orwell

Bugger Bognor !
George V

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not the mineral rights
J. P. Getty

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper its written on
Samuel Goldwyn

What do you mean funny? Funny peculiar or funny Ha Ha?
Ian Hay

I know not what course others may take but give me liberty or give me death
Patrick Henry

Will no-one rid me of this turbulent priest?
Henry II of England

The cinema is not a slice of life but a piece of cake
Sir Alfred Hitchcock

Is Paris burning?
Adolph Hitler

Man wants but little drink below, but wants that little strong
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Mountains will heave in childbirth and a silly little mouse will be born
Horace

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored
Aldus Huxley

It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees
Dolores Ibarruri

The minority is always right
Henrik Ibsen

In nature there neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences
Robert G. Ingersoll

The first casualty when war comes is truth
Hiram Johnson

He can't fart and chew gum at the same time
Lyndon B Johnson

You ain't heard nothin' yet
Al Jolson

Do you realise the responsibility I carry. I am standing between Nixon and the White House
J. F. Kennedy

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed
Martin Luther King

You cannot fashion wit out of two half-wits
Neil Kinnock

Power is the absolute aphrodisiac
Henry Kissinger

Two men look out through the same bars. One sees mud and one sees bars
Frederick Langbridge

It is true that liberty is precious - So precious that it must be rationed
Vladimir Lenin

You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time
Abraham Lincoln

Ships that pass in the night- And speak each other in the passing
Henry W. Longfellow

Stone walls do not a prison make - Nor iron bars a cage
Richard Lovelace

You cannot be serious
John McEnroe

Most of the people have never had it so good
Harold Macmillan

Let them eat cake
Marie Antoinette

Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships
Christopher Marlowe

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them
W. Somerset Maugham

This is adding insult to injuries
Edward Moore

My time has not yet come either. Some of us are born posthumously
Friedrich Nietzsche