WD's Favourite Quotes Which May Help People Through Life...
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
...or Not as The Case May Be...
Cunningly arranged under new sections!
Comedy
Sometimes I want to have you executed, just to see the expression on your face...
- Queenie, to Blackadder
Blackadder II
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he,
He called for a light in the middle of the night to go to the lavatory.
The light shone on the lavvy door, the candle had a fit,
So Old King Cole fell down the hole and landed in a pile of...
(change of rhythm)
...shhhhhine your buttons and brasses!
They only cost 10 p a tin.
You can buy 'em or nick 'em from Woolies*
They always fill up to the brim!
- Anonymous
Playground chant for those with no morals
You are ugly Madam, but I will be sober in the morning.
- Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister; his second most famous uttering next to We will fight them on the beaches...
What is the next number in this sequence?
1, 2, 3, 4...?
- Richard and Judy
An actual question on Midday Money
Love
I'm a ridiculous creature;
I'm like a bird without wings.
My heart's in permanent winter-
Yours is forever spring.
You're a truly lovely thing.
- Born With a Broken Heart
Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy
Men grow cold
As girls grow old,
And we all lose our charms in the end.
But square-cut or pear shaped,
These rocks don't lose their shape -
Diamonds are a girl's best friend!
- Marilyn Monroe
From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
I ran into my ex today.
Then I put it in reverse and ran him over again.
- Anonymous
My heart for now is a private road:
'No Throroughfare', 'No head alone',
'No Slow Traffic', 'No Graphic Details',
Colder collsions....
- Bent - Private Road
Life
The stars are only in the sky.
- Marat Safin; US Open Winner 2000
When asked what life was like being a star