The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

I will be good.
On being shown a chart of the line of succession for the first time, 11 March 1830, in Martin ‘The Prince
Consort’ (1875) vol. 1, p. 13
Move Queen Anne? Most certainly not! Why it might some day be suggested that my statue
should be moved, which I should much dislike.
When it was suggested that the statue of Queen Anne outside St. Paul’s should be moved, on the occasion of
the Diamond Jubilee in 1887. Duke of Portland ‘Men, Women and Things’ ch. 5
He [Mr Gladstone] speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.
In G. W. E. Russell ‘Collections and Recollections’ (1898) ch. 14
10.19 Gore Vidal 1925—
American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither.
‘Two Sisters’ (1970) p. 65
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
In G. Irvine ‘Antipanegyric for Tom Driberg’ 8 December 1976, p. 2
It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any
imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
‘French Letters: Theories of the New Novel’ in ‘Encounter’ December 1967
A triumph of the embalmer’s art.
Describing Ronald Reagan in ‘Observer’ 26 April 1981
I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
In ‘Sunday Times Magazine’ 16 September 1973
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
In ‘Sunday Times Magazine’ 16 September 1973
10.20 King Vidor 1895-1982
Take it from me, marriage isn’t a word...it’s a sentence!
‘The Crowd’ (1928 film)
10.21 Josè Antonio Viera Gallo 1943—
El socialismo puede llegar solo en bicicleta.
Socialism can only arrive by bicycle.
Said when Assistant Secretary of Justice in Chilean Government, in Ivan Illich ‘Energy and Equity’ (1974) p.
11
10.22 Alfred De Vigny 1797-1863
J’aime la majestè des souffrances humaines.
I love the majesty of human suffering.
‘La Maison du Berger’ (1844)
Seul le silence est grand; tout le reste est faiblesse...