The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (169 page)

Forgy, Howell
1908–83

1
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, while Forgy moved along a line of sailors passing ammunition by hand to the deck

in
New York Times
1 November 1942; later the title of a song by Frank Loesser, 1942

 
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Forster, E. M.
1879–1970

1
Yes—oh dear yes—the novel tells a story.

Aspects of the Novel
(1927) ch. 2

2
A dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt succeed where sweetness and light failed.
of James Joyce's Ulysses

Aspects of the Novel
(1927) ch. 6

3
It is a period between two wars—the long week-end it has been called.

The Development of English Prose between 1918 and 1939
(1945)

4
Railway termini. They are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

Howards End
(1910) ch. 2

5
Only connect!…Only connect the prose and the passion.

Howards End
(1910) ch. 22

6
The so-called white races are really pinko-grey.

A Passage to India
(1924) ch. 7

7
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

Two Cheers for Democracy
(1951) "What I Believe"

8
So Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. Two cheers are quite enough: there is no occasion to give three. Only Love the Beloved Republic deserves that.

Two Cheers for Democracy
(1951) "What I Believe".

 
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Fortunatus, Venantius
ad
c.
530–610

1
Pange, lingua, gloriosi
Proelium certaminis.
Sing, my tongue, of the battle in the glorious struggle.
Passiontide hymn, most commonly sung as: "Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle"

"Pange lingua gloriosi".

2
Vexilla regis prodeunt,
Fulget crucis mysterium.
The banners of the king advance, the mystery of the cross shines bright.
hymn, usually sung as "The royal banners forward go"

"Vexilla Regis"

3
Regnavit a ligno Deus.God reigned from the wood.

"Vexilla Regis"

 
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Fosdick, Harry Emerson
1878–1969

1
I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it.

Armistice Day Sermon in New York, 1933

 
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Foster, Charles
1828–1904

1
Isn't this a billion dollar country?
responding to a Democratic gibe about a "million dollar Congress"

at the 51st Congress; also attributed to Thomas B. Reed

 
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Foster, John
1770–1843

1
But the two classes [the educated and the uneducated] so beheld in contrast, might they not seem to belong to two different nations?

Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance
(1820).

 
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