Georgina and Michael
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
“People and nations could live in grace
but for two little words, "mine" and "yours."”
Gottfried von Straßburg (1180–1215) medieval German poet
Liut unde lant diu möhten mit genâden sîn
wan zwei vil kleiniu wortelîn "min" unde "din".
"Liut unde lant diu möhten mit genâden sîn", line 1. Text and translation from Frederick Goldin (trans.) German and Italian Lyrics of the Middle Ages (New York: Anchor Books, 1973) pp. 142–143.
Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015) First Prime Minister of Singapore
Rally in 1980, related to the then-ongoing Singapore Airlines pilot strikes due to salary issue http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32012346 <br class="br">1980s
“For what is yours is mine, and mine is yours.”
Quod tuum’st, meum’st; omne meum est autem tuum.
Trinummus, Act II, sc. 2, line 47.
Trinummus (The Three Coins)
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
2021, February 2021, Remarks by President Biden to Department of Defense Personnel, February 10, 2021
Ted Williams (1918–2002) American professional baseball player
My Turn at Bat : The Story of My Life (1970), p. 7
Variant: All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street folks will say, "There goes the greatest hitter that ever lived".
“Those two fatal words, Mine and Thine.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book II, Ch. 3.
