Praises tobacco that “does not make me wish my mouth was in a different country the next day.”
Morton Flayer in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 3 #3 (December 1999)
“Beulah, peel me a grape!”
Mae West in I’m No Angel, quoted in Esprit de Corps Vol. 9 #2 (Dec. 2001) (see also https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024166/trivia)
“You’re so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece.”
Gunnery Sargeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket]
“truthache”
Something a mirror can cause according to Walter Winchell, quoted in The New Republic November 5, 1990
“He is a modest man, with a great deal to be modest about.”
Winston Churchill about Clement Attlee, quoted by Richard John Neuhaus in First Things April 2002
“A good argument, when conducted properly, takes the time and full attention of two people.”
Erma Bombeck in When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time To Go Home, quoted in British Columbia Report July 26, 1999
“A frightening scene stands out in my memory: three husky Russian policemen, with faces resembling bare buttocks, invading our apartment in search of subversive books.”
Nicolas Slonimsky Perfect Pitch
“Two words: Ug Lee”
Teaser to feature on the Pontiac “Aztek” in Ottawa Citizen July 18, 2003 (which contained the more complete “’Two words describe its physical appearance – Ug Lee.’ John Heilig, Familycar.com.”)