The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (205 page)

Harper, Jimmy
,
Haines, Will E.
, and
Connor, Tommy

1
The biggest aspidistra in the world.

title of song (1938); popularized by Gracie Fields

 
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Harris, Arthur
1892–1984

1
I would not regard the whole of the remaining cities of Germany as worth the bones of one British Grenadier.
supporting the continued strategic bombing of German cities

letter to Norman Bottomley, deputy Chief of Air Staff, 29 March 1945.

 
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Harris, Joel Chandler
1848–1908

1
Bred en bawn in a brier-patch!

Uncle Remus and His Legends of the Old Plantation
(1881) "How Mr Rabbit was too Sharp for Mr Fox"

2
Tar-baby ain't sayin' nuthin', en Brer Fox, he lay low.

Uncle Remus and His Legends of the Old Plantation
(1881) "The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story"

 
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Hart, Lorenz
1895–1943

1
Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered am I.

"Bewitched" (1941 song) in
Pal Joey
(1941)

2
When love congeals
It soon reveals
The faint aroma of performing seals.

"I Wish I Were in Love Again" (1937 song) in
Babes in Arms

3
I get too hungry for dinner at eight.
I like the theatre, but never come late.
I never bother with people I hate.
That's why the lady is a tramp.

"The Lady is a Tramp" (1937 song) in
Babes in Arms

4
In a mountain greenery
Where God paints the scenery.

"Mountain Greenery" (1926 song)

5
Thou swell! Thou witty!
Thou sweet! Thou grand!
Wouldst kiss me pretty?
Wouldst hold my hand?

"Thou Swell" (1927 song)

 
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Harte, Bret
1836–1902

1
If, of all words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are, "It might have been,"
More sad are these we daily see:
"It is, but hadn't ought to be!"

"Mrs Judge Jenkins" (1867).

 
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Hartley, L. P.
1895–1972

1
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

The Go-Between
(1953) prologue.

 
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