The 1970s



Sally in the garden,
Siftin' through the cinders,
Lifted up her arse,
And farted like a man,
The busting of her britches broke fifteen windows,
The cheeks of her ass went (bam, bam, bam)
-- Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jailbird

"110 kebble make a lithnitch."
-- Latka Gravas

"You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather."
-- Chuck Tanner

"Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth."
-- Margaret Thatcher

"What he did in Russia we have to do in Iran. We, too, have to do a lot of killing. A lot."
-- Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei

"You go right back and put that right back until you finish your dinner... I'm warning you, you take one bite out of that and you are in big trouble. Don't... Hey! Don't you dare... Don't you DARE do that. You hear me? Hold it right there! You put that ice cream in your mouth and you are in very, very, VERY big trouble. Don't you dare go anywhere beyond that... Put it down right now. I am not going to say it again. I am NOT going to say it AGAIN."
-- Ted Kramer

"God, we can't take no four dollars out of a pathetic check like that. That's your weekly pay? That's terrible. Geez, your boss must be an awful thief there. That's the same as I give my illegals out in the kitchen."
-- Archie Bunker

"Daisy Duke, if you wasn't my cousin, I'd marry you!"
"Never stopped nobody in this family before."
-- Bo and Daisy Duke

"To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others."
-- Jimmy Carter

"Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out had a heart of glass. Seemed like the real thing, only to find mucho mistrust, love's gone behind."

"Once I had a love and it was divine. Soon found out I was losing my mind. It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind. Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind."

"What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine. Love is so confusing there's no peace of mind. If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good; you teasing like you do."

"Adorable illusion and I cannot hide I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside. We coulda made it cruising, yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light."
-- Blondie, "Heart of Glass"

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