Response to Sir Robert Sainsbury, who wanted him to exhibit Henry Moore's Mother and Child sculpture. Quoted in Frances Spalding, The Tate: A History (1998), pp. 62–70. Tate Gallery Publishing, London. ISBN 1854372319.
“Legalising the Basque flag over my dead body.”
Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1922–2012) Spanish politician
Frases que reflejan el recorrido de Manuel Fraga, 16th January 2012, Gara, 16th January 2012, castellà http://www.gara.net/azkenak/01/315809/es/Frases-que-reflejan-recorrido-Manuel-Fraga, <br class="br">Periferical Nationalisms
“She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
Source: Howl's Moving Castle
“Over my dead body, I thought. Yes, even immortals use that phrase. It has extra oomph for us.”
Cate Tiernan (1961) American novelist
Source: Immortal Beloved
David Souter (1939) Judge of the United States of America
On Cameras in Supreme Court, Souter Says, 'Over My Dead Body' https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E6D71539F933A05750C0A960958260, The New York Times, March 30, 1996
“I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
“Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body…”
Elizabeth Peters book Lion in the Valley
Source: Lion in the Valley
“Eleven dead bodies. One dead cat. No breasts.”
Joe Bob Briggs (1953) American film critic, writer, and actor; alter ego of John Bloom
This line is from a review http://www.joebobbriggs.com/drivein/1995/candyman2farewelltotheflesh.htm of Candyman II: Farewell To The Flesh <br class="br">Similar "summary" lines feature in many of the reviews. <br class="br">Repeated phrases
