Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) English novelist
Act I
The Title (1918)
Source: The Title: A Comedy in Three Acts
You People Are All the Same (2012)
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) English novelist
Act I
The Title (1918)
Source: The Title: A Comedy in Three Acts
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) Poet, essayist, physician
"The Pilgrims of Plymouth" http://www.unz.org/Pub/BrainerdCephas-1901v02-00267 (Oration, December 22, 1855), in Cephas Brainerd and Eveline Warner Brainerd (eds), The New England Society Orations: Volume II. New York: The Century Co., 1901, p. 298.
“Never rub another man's rhubarb.”
Jack Nicholson (1937) American actor, film director, producer, and writer
1989
“I like champagne—because it always tastes like my foot's asleep.”
Art Buchwald (1925–2007) journalist, humorist, United States Marine
Some Heady Phrases on Wine http://books.google.com/books?id=uFDq4ORNvPkC&q=%22I+like+champagne+because+it+always+tastes+like+my+foot's+asleep%22&pg=PA143#v=onepage, New York Herald Tribune (1954) http://goodgrape.com/index.php/articles/comments/wine_sediments6
“Meeting Roosevelt was like uncorking your first bottle of champagne.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Winston Churchill's visit to FDR's grave site at Hyde Park, NY, reflecting on his past and the relationship he had with FDR, as quoted in PBS series, American Experience [The Presidents: FDR]
Post-war years (1945–1955)
“Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.”
Bette Greene book Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of My German Soldier
“I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler. I don't like beer.”
George Bernard Shaw book Candida
Candida, Act III
1890s
“Champagne makes you feel like it's Sunday and better days are just around the corner.”
Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer