Aaron to Avogadro

Bacchus to
Buttafuoco

Caesar to
Cap’n Crunch

D’Amato to
Dukakis

Earheart to Eve

Fonda to Freud

(Kenny) G. to
Gutenberg

Hammurabi to
Hussein

Isabella

Jackson to
Johnson

Kavorkian to
Kreskin

Laffer – Locke

MacArthur to
Mussolini

Napoleon to
Nostradamus

Oedipus to
Oswald

Pasteur to
Pythagoras

Quayle to Queeg

Raleigh to Ruth

Sacco to
Superman

Tarzan to
Tse-Tung

Unabomber
(see also K)

Valdez to
Virgin Mary

Waldheim to
Wright

Xerxes to
Malcolm X

Yeltsin

Zeus

booknotes

D'Amato to Dukakis

D

D’Amato, Al
U.S. Senator

That which does not convict me only makes me stronger.


Daguerre, Louis
inventor of photography

Say "gruyere!"

 


Dali, Salvador\
painter

You like me! You surreally like me!
-- accepting the coveted "Brushy" Award


Darrow, Clarence S.
defense attorney

Your honor, I call to the witness stand Mr. Magilla Gorilla.
--announcing surprise witness at the Scopes Monkey Trial


Darwin, Charles
scientific theorist

Exhibit A.
--cruel nickname for his brother Fred


Davis, Jefferson
Confederate president

Forget Iowa and New Hampshire. I’m counting on Super Tuesday.
--presidential campaign strategy, 1864


da Vinci, Leonardo
painter/sculptor/scientist/inventor

Big deal. These days, everyone is a "Renaissance Man."


de Gaulle, Charles
French Prime Minister

OK, here’s the plan. If we act rude enough, maybe the Nazis will just go home.
--radio address, 1939


Dershowitz, Alan
defense attorney

A man is presumed innocent until proven insane.
Character references: Mike Tyson, O.J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow
-- curriculum vitae


Descartes, Rene
theorist

I’m dead. Therefore I’m not.
--logical epitaph


Dewey, Melvil
librarian

0-10 heavy jacket
10-20 warm sweater
20-30 windbreaker (optional)
30-40 double-knit slacks
50-60 shorts & t-shirt
60-70 anything mesh
70-80 talcum powder
80-90 mosquito netting
90-100 Solarcaine
--the Dewey Centigrade System


Dole, Robert
Senate Majority Leader

Hey you kids! Get off my lawn!

 


Donaldson, Sam
television journalist

Hold on, Mr. Pontiff!
--Papal press conference

Live long and prosper.


Dorothy
she of the ruby slipper

I’m originally from Kansas but most of my friends live in the West Village.


Dracula, Count
vampire

Help yourself to some cookies and orange juice.
--frequent offer to house guests

 


Dukakis, Michael S.
1988 Democratic Presidential candidate

I have not yet begun to fight.
--concession speech, 1988