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

Hammurabi to Hussein

H

Hammurabi
King of Babylonia

Don't even think of parking here.
--The Code, Part IV, sec. 6(a): Regulations, Parking & Traffic


Hancock, John
American patriot

Lookie here, Jefferson. I'm writing my name in the snow.


Heimlich, Dr. Henrich
inventor, Heimlich maneuver

Team Doctor of the Buffalo Bills
--official title

 


Helms, Jesse
U.S. Senator

Come to the dark side, Newt. Together, we shall rule the galaxy.
--election night, 1994


Henry VIII
King of England

My wife is separated.
--explaining his marital status

Didn’t anyone leave any of the white meat for me? I’m King of England for Chrissakes!


Henry, Patrick
U.S. patriot

.......but if it’s all the same to you, I’d prefer liberty.
--afterthought


Herzl, Theodore
Zionist

I am a Hebrew Nationalist. I answer to a higher authority.
--address to League of Nations


Hess, Rudolph
Nazi war criminal

I was only giving orders.
--unsuccessful Nuremberg defense


Hippocrates
first physician

No seriously. I call it ‘gynecology.’
--trying to convince reluctant women of his newfound specialty


Hitler, Adolf
Führer

See evil. Hear evil. Do evil.
Visualize World Domination.
-- bumper sticker


Hood, Robin
legendary woodsman

So you want to join my Merry Men? Are you aware of the initiation ceremony?
--interviewing new recruit


Hoover, J. Edgar
F.B.I. Director

I always get my man.

 


Howell, Thurston III
castaway

Ginger darling, as soon as we get of this damn island, I'll divorce the old girl and we'll be married! Won't that be just splendid.
--the lost episode of Gilligan's Island


Howell. Mrs. Thurston III
castaway

Please, call me "Lovey."
--the lost episode of Gilligan's Island


Hudson, Henry
New World explorer

Hey, no! No! My windshields are clean. I said.... aww shit.
--arriving in New York Harbor


Hun, Attila the?see Attila the Hun


Hussein, Saadam
Iraqi dictator

Hello, Allstate?
--January 1991