Themes

"It's life, Jim, but not as we know it."

"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us."

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."

"Well, that escalated quickly."

"Please, Sir, can I have some more?"

"The harder he works, the luckier he gets."

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of 99, wear sunscreen."

"If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain."

"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money."

"I will return and I will be millions."

"I love my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while!"

"Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."

"I cannot allow your ignorance, however great, to take precedence over my knowledge, however small."

"Good things come to those who wait."

"I can't believe Nixon won. I don't know anyone who voted for him."

"We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like."

"The British are coming"

"The Shaggs are better than the Beatles."

"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. (Samuel Goldwyn)"

"Don't worry, be happy."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning."

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture."

"Phenomenon (do, doo, do-do-doo)"

"Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world; he isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles."

"A house that has a library in it has a soul."

"Hell is the truth seen too late."

"No rest for the wicked."

"Lies, damned lies and statistics"

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

"Mate, how does it feel to have dropped the World Cup?"

"Because it's there"

"It's a funny old game"

"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."

""Beam me up, Scotty" – James T. Kirk"

""Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a..." – Leonard McCoy"

""All that glistens is not gold" / "All that glitters is not gold" – William Shakespeare"

""Blood, Sweat, and Tears" – Winston Churchill"

"God helps those who help themselves."

"Lead on, Macduff"

"Bubble bubble, toil and trouble."

"Methinks the lady doth protest too much"

"Money is the root of all evil."

"Now is the winter of our discontent."

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well."

"Play it again, Sam"

"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr DeMille"

"Greed is good"

"Someone set us up the bomb"