“The gentlemen like it when a lady smells sweet.”
Source: Lost Love Found
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American writer 1937–2015Related quotes
“There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.”
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]
Incorrectly Attributed
“And ladies and gentlemen, the kitchen is closed!”
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"
“Ladies and gentlemen, I resent this applause.”
“Good evening everybody, ladies, gentlemen… Felicity.”
The 78th Academy Awards (2006)
“Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’97: Wear sunscreen.”
Opening words to a commencement address supposedly given by Vonnegut at M.I.T., but actually based on Mary Schmich's June 1, 1997 column for the Chicago Tribune
Misattributed
“And ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building!”
"Eddie Spaghetti! The Story Behind Mike Lange-isms"
“Ladies and gentlemen, let the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games begin!”
Claudius Templesmith, p. 147
The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Source: Mockingjay
“My wife, ladies and gentlemen. Beauty, brains, and now brawn.”
Source: The Ruby Circle