The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

2.107 Carl Bernstein 1944—and Bob Woodward 1943—
All the President’s men.
Title of book on the Watergate scandal (1974)
2.108 Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Berry) 1926—or 1931—
Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
‘Roll Over, Beethoven’ (1956 song)
2.109 John Berryman 1914-1972
We must travel in the direction of our fear.
‘Poems’ (1942) ‘A Point of Age’
Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
‘77 Dream Songs’ (1964) no. 14
And moreover my mother taught me as a boy
(repeatingly) ‘Ever to confess you’re bored
means you have no Inner Resources.’ I conclude now I have no
inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
‘77 Dream Songs’ (1964) no. 14
I seldom go to films. They are too exciting,
said the Honourable Possum.
‘77 Dream Songs’ (1964) no. 53
2.110 Charles Best
Look how the pale Queen of the silent night
Doth cause the Ocean to attend upon her,
And he, as long as she is in his sight,
With his full tide is ready her to honour.
‘Of the Moon’ (1602) in N. Ault (ed.) ‘Elizabethan Lyrics from the Original Texts’ (1925)
2.111 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 1856-1921
Just for a word ‘neutrality’—a word which in wartime has so often been disregarded—just for
a scrap of paper, Great Britain is going to make war on a kindred nation who desires nothing
better than to be friends with her.
Summary of a report by Sir E. Goschen to Sir Edward Grey in ‘British Documents on Origins of the War
1898-1914’ (1926) vol. 11, p. 351. ‘The Diary of Edward Goschen 1900-1914’ (1980) Appendix B for a
discussion of the contentious origins of this statement
2.112 Sir John Betjeman 1906-84
He sipped at a weak hock and seltzer
As he gazed at the London skies
Through the Nottingham lace of the curtains