“Oh, the roast beef of England,
And old England's roast beef!”
Henry Fielding (1707–1754) English novelist and dramatist
The Grub Street Opera (1731), Act iii, scene 2; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Song lyrics, Ready to Die (1994), "Warning"
“Oh, the roast beef of England,
And old England's roast beef!”
Henry Fielding (1707–1754) English novelist and dramatist
The Grub Street Opera (1731), Act iii, scene 2; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Get off me. You weigh more than the doors to your home.”
Julie Garwood (1946) American writer
Source: Honor's Splendour
“Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing
But they want some more.”
Leslie Feist (1976) Canadian musician
"1 2 3 4" (written with Sally Seltmann)
The Reminder (2007)
Context: One Two Three Four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless, long nights
That was what my youth was for Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing
But they want some more.
“So if I come to your door,
let me sleep on your floor.
I'll give you all I have and a little more.”
Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician
Down South
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)
“You have to come to your closed doors before you’ll ever get to your open doors.”
Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author
Source: I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life
“A burrito is a sleeping bag for ground beef.”
Mitch Hedberg (1968–2005) American stand-up comedian
Do You Believe in Gosh?
Tim Hurson (1946) Creativity theorist, author and speaker
Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking