“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns.”
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the last two lines are a quote of 1 Corinthians 15:55 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Corinthians#15:55.
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Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 393.
WTF Is…? series, Day One: Garry's Incident (October 1, 2013)
“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"
“Every noble crown is, and on earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.”
Bk. III, ch. 7.
1840s, Past and Present (1843)
“Ladies and gentlemen, I resent this applause.”
