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

Jackson to Johnson

J

Jackson, Jesse L.
political activist

Crime is bad,
Bosnia's messy.
Don't be sad,
Vote for Jesse
--campaign '96 position paper


Jackson, Michael
King of Pop

Would you like to come with me to Never-Never Tell Land?

Some of my best defense attorneys are Jewish.
-- dismissing accusations of anti-semitism

Liz Taylor is the sanest person I know.
--character reference

see also: Fortensky, Elizabeth Taylor


Jefferson, Thomas
3rd U.S. President

Throw in a dozen of those delicious flaky pastries and you've got yourself a deal!
--concluding the Louisiana Purchase

You think Zöe Baird had a nanny problem?


Joan of Arc
Christian saint and martyr

I’m just going to hand out a couple of pamphlets. What’s the worst they can possibly do to me?


Job
long-suffering believer

Let's go Cubs!

 


John Paul II, Pope
pontiff

What do you a mean "second draft?" Just print what I gave you. I'm infallible for Christ's sake!
--conversation with book editor

What's today, Friday? I'll have the Filet o'Fish.

 


Johnson, Lyndon
36th U. S. President

No more of that damn chowder in the White House Mess!
--first official act as President

The next person who says "quagmire" gets a punch in the face.
--meeting with Joint Chiefs of Staff