Month: August 2017

August 31 British Royal Family Fred Shapiro Princess Diana Princess Mary Adelaide She was the people's princess The People's Princess Tony Blair Yale Book of Quotations

“She was the people’s princess” (but not the first) . . .

7 years ago
Robert Deis
August 29 Bible quotes Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger John the Baptist Movie Quotes Salome St. John the Baptist

Bring me the head of John the Baptist – and Alfredo Garcia…

7 years ago
Robert Deis

Director Sam Peckinpah’s 1974 film Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, starring Warren Oates, is one of my favorite movies from the Seventies.   The film’s title comes from a…

August 15 Black Shield of Falworth Debbie Reynolds Misquotes Movie Quotes Son of Ali Baba The Prince Who Was a Thief Tony Curtis Yonder lies the castle of my faddah Yonder lies the castle of my fodder

“Yonder lies the castle of my fodder.” The famous movie “quote” that Tony Curtis didn’t say…

7 years ago
Robert Deis

When actor Tony Curtis died at age 85, in September 2010, many obituaries and tributes mentioned what is widely believed to be one of his most famous movie lines. In…