“I'd Like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you.”
Ringo Starr book Octopus's Garden
"Octopus's Garden, from Abbey Road
Podcast Series 2 Episode 6
On Nature
“I'd Like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you.”
Ringo Starr book Octopus's Garden
"Octopus's Garden, from Abbey Road
“I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You”
Ally Carter I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Source: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006) Italian writer
As quoted in "The Agitator: Oriana Fallaci directs her fury toward Islam" by Margaret Talbot, in The New Yorker (5 June 2006)
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: Night World, No. 1
Neil Strauss book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Source: The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Dates to 1899, American humor origin, originally featuring a woman upset by a man's cigar smoking. Cigar often removed in later versions, coffee added in 1900. Incorrectly attributed in Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Glitter and Gold (1952). <br class="br">See various early citations and references to refutations at “If you were my husband, I’d poison your coffee” (Nancy Astor to Churchill?) http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/if_you_were_my_husband_id_poison_your_coffee_nancy_astor_to_churchill, Barry Popik, The Big Apple,' February 09, 2009 <br class="br">Early examples include 19 November 1899, Gazette-Telegraph (CO), "Tales of the Town," p. 7, and early attributions are to American humorists Marshall P. Wilder and De Wolf Hopper. <br class="br">Churchill by Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations, by Richard Langworth, PublicAffairs, 2008, p. 578. <br class="br">The Yale Book of Quotations, edited by Fred R. Shapiro, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2006, p. 155. <br class="br">George Thayer, The Washington Post (April 27, 1971), p. B6. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd put arsenic in your morning coffee.<br><br>Winston Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife, I'd drink it.
“I'd shut the whole world down just to tell you”
Rob Sheffield (1966) American music journalist
Source: Love Is a Mix Tape