Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
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Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook C (1772-1773)
“Do you blame me, ladies and gentlemen, for being reluctant to deliver to them the message that is traditional on commencement day?”
Address at Iona College (1984)
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René Henry Gracida (1923) American Roman Catholic bishop
Airman, Monk, Priest, Bishop: An interview with Bp. Rene Henry Gracida https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2016/01/11/airman-monk-priest-bishop-an-interview-with-bp-rene-henry-gracida/ (January 11, 2016)
“First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.”
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) French composer
Instructions to the singers in his opera Pelléas et Mélisande, as quoted in 100 Great Operas and Their Stories (1989) by Henry William Simon, p. 371
“"The universe loves a drama," you know. And ladies and gentlemen this is the show.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
I Don't Believe; Simon here quotes a comment by his wife, Edie Brickell, on the 2004 US presidential election.
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) American author and polymath
Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati (1977), p. 84
“There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) American sportscaster
October 12, 1977, reporting a school fire (initially mistaken as a tenement fire), while announcing Game 2 of the 1977 World Series. This comment, while widely attributed to Cosell, was never made.[citation needed]
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“And ladies and gentlemen, the kitchen is closed!”
Mike Lange (1948) Canadian sportscaster
Lange described the call: "I went into a place to try and get something to eat and the lady very distinctly said to me, 'The kitchen is closed!' I said, 'Wow. There's the end, that's it, you can't eat any more, you haven't got a prayer.' I said, 'That's finality, baby!'"
"Eddie Spaghetti! The Story Behind Mike Lange-isms"
Elliott Smith (1969–2003) American singer-songwriter
A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)
