The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

1.127 Henry Miller 1891-1980
Even before the music begins there is that bored look on people’s faces. A polite form of selfimposed
torture, the concert.
‘Tropic of Cancer’ (1934) p. 84
Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.
‘Tropic of Cancer’ (1934) p. 280
1.128 Jonathan Miller 1934—
In fact, I’m not really a Jew. Just Jew-ish. Not the whole hog, you know.
‘Beyond the Fringe’ (1960 review) ‘Real Class’
1.129 William Miller 1810-72
Wee Willie Winkie rins through the town,
Up stairs and down stairs in his nicht-gown,
Tirling at the window, crying at the lock,
Are the weans in their bed, for it’s now ten o’clock?
‘Willie Winkie’ (1841)
1.130 Spike Milligan (Terence Alan Milligan) 1918—
You silly twisted boy.
‘The Goon Show’ (BBC radio series) ‘The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler’ 12 October 1954
Ying tong iddle I po.
‘The Goon Show’ (BBC radio series) ‘The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler’ 12 October 1954; also in ‘The
Ying Tong Song’ (1956)
You rotten swines. I told you I’d be deaded.
‘The Goon Show’ (BBC radio series) ‘The Hastings Flyer’ 3 January 1956 (Bluebottle speaking)
Moriarty: Sapristi Nuckoes—do you always drink ink?
Seagoon: Only in the mating season.
‘The Goon Show’ (BBC radio series) ‘Napoleon’s Piano’ 11 October 1955
He’s fallen in the water.
‘The Goon Show’ (BBC radio series) 1956 onwards; ‘Little Jim’ [Spike Milligan]’s catch-phrase
Money couldn’t buy friends but you got a better class of enemy.
‘Puckoon’ (1963) ch. 6
1.131 A. J. Mills, Fred Godfrey, and Bennett Scott
Take me back to dear old Blighty.
Title of song (1916)
1.132 A. A. Milne 1882-1956
‘I don’t want him,’ said Rabbit. ‘But it’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is,
whether you want him or whether you don’t.’