A Walk on the Wild Side
Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man
called Doc. Never go to bed with a woman whose troubles are
greater than your own.
Arbus Diane 1923-1971
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.
Browning Robert 1812-1889
‘Never the Time and the Place'
Never the time and the place
And the loved one all together.
Burns Robert 1759-1796
‘Auld Lang Syne'
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Campbell Thomas 1777-1844
‘The Jilted Nymph'
Better be courted and jilted
Than never be courted at all.
Churchill Sir Winston 1874-1965
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty -never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
Gilbert W.S. 1836-1911
HMS Pinafore
I'm called Little Buttercup - dear Little Buttercup,
Though I could never tell why.
Gilbert W.S. 1836-1911
HMS Pinafore
What, never?
No, never!
What, never?
Hardly ever!
Lowell James Russell 1819-1891
Democracy and other Addresses ‘Democracy'
The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
Macmillan Sir Harold 1894-1986
Let us be frank about it: most of our people have never had it so good.
Madonna 1959-
The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you.
Mottoes and Slogans
(slogan, Democratic Party, 1952)
You never had it so good.
Richter Hans 1843-1916
(attributed)
Up with your damned nonsense will I put twice, or perhaps once, but sometimes always, by God, never.
Rogers Will 1879-1935
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
Segal Erich 1937-
Love Story
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
Stowe Harriet Beecher 1811-1896
Uncle Tom's Cabin
‘Never was born!' persisted Topsy ... ‘never had no father, nor mother, nor nothin'. I was raised by a speculator, with lots of others.'
Tennyson Alfred Lord 1809-1892
In Memoriam
I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it when I sorrow most;
‘Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
Walton Izaak 1593-1683
The Compleat Angler
No man can lose what he never had.
Washington George 1732-1799
I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.
Waugh Evelyn 1903-1966
Decline and Fall
That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.