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

(Kenny) G. to Gutenberg

G

G., Kenny
musician

Garfunkel
--what the "G" stands for?


Gandhi, Mahatma
Indian nationalist leader

Yes, I’d like to order the lamb vindaloo for delivery. My name? Uhh.... Gordon.
--secret telephone conversation


Garcia, Jerry
musician

"Chunky Junkie"
--second ice cream flavor named in his honor


Gates, Bill
Microsoft mogul

When you've got them by the software, their hearts and minds will follow.


Gates, Darryl
former LAPD commissioner

You have the right to remain handcuffed. This billy club can and will be used against you.


George III
British King

Taxation without representation.
--campaign slogan, 1760


Geraldo!
serious journalist

Hey, you’re looking at the guy who put the "cheese" in machismo!

 


Ghalli, Boutros Boutros
U.N. Secretary General

Duran Duran
--favorite band


Gilligan
castaway

Mrs. Howell, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?
--the lost episode of Gilligan's Island

see also: Howell, Mrs. Thurston III


Gilhoohey, Jeff
goon hirer

While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal ?element, I am of it. While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
--sentencing hearing


Ginger
castaway

Mrs. Howell! Are you trying to get me drunk?
--the lost episode of Gilligan's Island

see also: Howell, Mrs. Thurston III


Gingrich, Newt
over-zealous Speaker

I think it's high time we took a closer look into the living arrangements of Bert and Ernie.
--House PBS hearings, 1995

Contract with Canada
Contract with Mexico
Contract with France
--to-do list

 


God
Omnipotent Being

........I said 'Let there be light!'
--experiencing technical difficulties

C'mon seven!
--playing dice with the universe


Godiva, Lady
provocative tax protester

Read my lips: no new taxes.


Godot
existential enigma

Back in five minutes. 


Gorbachev, Mikhail
Soviet Leader

How many ICM missiles do you want for a pair of Levi 501's?

Gogh, Vincent van
painter

What the hell was I thinking? How am I supposed to wear my glasses?
--afterthought


Gore, Al
U.S. Vice President

"Al Gore"
--boring Secret Service code name

"Sexiest Man Ostensibly Alive, 1992"
--People Magazine

 


Gutenberg, Johann
inventor, printing press

Thank you for your manuscript but it does not meet our current needs.
--first form letter