The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

11.0 W
Attributed to Voltaire, the words are in fact S. G. Tallentyre’s summary of Voltaire’s attitude towards
Helvètius, following the ban on De l’Esprit in ‘The Friends of Voltaire’ (1907) p. 199
11.1 Richard Wagner 1813-83
Frisch weht der Wind
der Heimat zu:—
mein irisch Kind,
wo weilest du?
Freshly blows the wind to the homeland: my Irish child, where are you staying?
‘Tristan und Isolde’ act 1, sc. 1
11.2 John Wain 1925—
Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.
BBC radio broadcast, 13 January 1976
11.3 Jerry Wald 1911-1962 and Richard Macaulay
Naughty but nice.
Title of film (1939)
11.4 Prince of Wales
See Prince Charles (3.78) in Volume I
11.5 Arthur Waley 1889-1966
What is hard today is to censor one’s own thoughts—
To sit by and see the blind man
On the sightless horse, riding into the bottomless abyss.
‘Censorship’
11.6 Edgar Wallace 1875-1932
Dreamin’ of thee! Dreamin’ of thee!
‘T. A. in Love’ (popularised in 1930 broadcast by Cyril Fletcher)
What is a highbrow? He is a man who has found something more interesting than women.
‘New York Times’ 24 January 1932, sect. 8, p. 6
11.7 George Wallace 1919—
Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!
Inaugural speech as Governor of Alabama, January 1963, in ‘Birmingham World’ 19 January 1963