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Spike Milligan
10 quotes
“For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Goon Show, Season 7, Episode 25: "The Histories of Pliny the Elder" (28 March 1957)
“Are you going to come along quietly, or am I going to have to use ear plugs?”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Goon Show, Season 9, Episode 12: "The Call of the West" (January 20, 1959)
“Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Last Goon Show of All (5 October 1972)
“Policemen are numbered in case they get lost.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Last Goon Show of All (5 October 1972)
“A lot of learning can be a little thing.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: England Home and Beauty for Sale, Small Dreams of a Scorpion: Poems (1972)
“I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Spike Milligan with Jeremy Taylor Live at Cambridge University. Recorded at Cambridge University on December 2, 1973, this was previously released as a double LP, and later re-issued as a 2 CD set. Milligan used variati…
“If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On the Ning Nang NongWhen the cows go bong!”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God made night But Man made darkness.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poem God Made Night, Small Dreams of a Scorpion: Poems (1972)
“Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite.”
Spike Milligan (1918–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source