The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (219 page)

Hockney, David
1937–

1
All painting, no matter what you're painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized.

David Hockney
(1976)

2
The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors.

in
Observer
10 July 1994 "Sayings of the Week"

 
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Hodgson, Ralph
1871–1962

1
'Twould ring the bells of Heaven
The wildest peal for years,
If Parson lost his senses
And people came to theirs,
And he and they together
Knelt down with angry prayers
For tamed and shabby tigers
And dancing dogs and bears,
And wretched, blind, pit ponies,
And little hunted hares.

"Bells of Heaven" (1917)

 
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Hoffman, Al
1902–60 and
Manning, Dick
1912–

1
Takes two to tango.

title of song (1952)

 
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Hoffman, August Heinrich
(
Hoffman von Fallersleben
) 1798–1874

1
Deutschland über alles.Germany above all.

title of poem (1841)

 
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Hoffmann, Heinrich
1809–94

1
Look at little Johnny there,
Little Johnny Head-In-Air!

Struwwelpeter
(1848) "Johnny Head-In-Air".

2
The door flew open, in he ran,
The great, long, red-legged scissor-man.

Struwwelpeter
(1848) "The Little Suck-a-Thumb"

3
Snip! Snap! Snip! They go so fast.
That both his thumbs are off at last.

Struwwelpeter
(1848) "The Little Suck-a-Thumb"

4
The hare sits snug in leaves and grass,
And laughs to see the green man pass.

Struwwelpeter
(1848) "The Man Who Went Out Shooting"

5
And now she's trying all she can,
To shoot the sleepy, green-coat man.

Struwwelpeter
(1848) "The Man Who Went Out Shooting"

6
Anything to me is sweeter
Than to see Shock-headed Peter.

Struwwelpeter
(1848) "Shock-Headed Peter" (title poem)

 
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Hoffnung, Gerard
1925–59

1
Standing among savage scenery, the hotel offers stupendous revelations. There is a French widow in every bedroom, affording delightful prospects.
supposedly quoting a letter from a Tyrolean landlord

speech at the Oxford Union, 4 December 1958

 
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