The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (258 page)
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Kristofferson, Kris
1936–
1936–
1
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
Nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's free.
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
Nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's free.
"Me and Bobby McGee" (1969 song, with Fred Foster)
Kubrick, Stanley
1928–99
1928–99
1
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
in
Guardian
5 June 1963
Kumar, Satish
1937–
1937–
1
Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth.
Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust.
Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace.
Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.
Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth.
Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust.
Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace.
Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.
"Prayer for Peace" (1981); adapted from the Upanishads.
Kyd, Thomas
1558–94
1558–94
1
My son—and what's a son? A thing begot
Within a pair of minutes, thereabout,
A lump bred up in darkness.
It grew a gallows and did bear our son,
It bore thy fruit and mine.
Hieronimo is mad again.
My son—and what's a son? A thing begot
Within a pair of minutes, thereabout,
A lump bred up in darkness.
The Spanish Tragedy
(1592) act 3, sc. 11, The Third Addition (1602 ed.) l. 5
It grew a gallows and did bear our son,
It bore thy fruit and mine.
The Spanish Tragedy
(1592) act 3, sc. 12, The Fourth Addition (1602 ed.) l. 70
Hieronimo is mad again.
alternative title given to
The Spanish Tragedy
in 1615
L
Labouchere, Henry
1831–1912
1831–1912
1
He [Labouchere] did not object to the old man always having a card up his sleeve, but he did object to his insinuating that the Almighty had placed it there.
on Gladstone's "frequent appeals to a higher power"
He [Labouchere] did not object to the old man always having a card up his sleeve, but he did object to his insinuating that the Almighty had placed it there.
on Gladstone's "frequent appeals to a higher power"
Earl Curzon
Modern Parliamentary Eloquence
(1913)
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