
“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.”
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.”
2010s, Speech at the Republican National Convention (July 20, 2016)
Quoted by Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance (1934), ch. 10.
“The four most expensive words in the English language are "this time it’s different."”
As quoted in The Four Pillars of Investing : Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio (2002) by William Bernstein
<nowiki>Re: [GIT pull https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg467322.html, x86 updates for 3.11</nowiki>, Torvalds, Linus, 2013-07-13, 2013-07-15]
2010s, 2013
“Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.”
Keywords (1983)
Remarks to Future Farmers of America http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/072888c.htm (28 July 1988)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
“You know what they say - the sweetest word in the English language is revenge.”
Interview magazine, 1978.
La difficulté d'écrire l'anglais m'est extrêmement ennuyeuse. Ah, mon Dieu! si l'on pouvait toujours écrire cette belle langue de France!
Letter to John Foster (7 July 1850)