"A horse ! A horse ! My kingdom for a horse !" - Richard III (allegedly).

"Is that straight" - Jesse James (allegedy, straightening a picture frame before being shot in the back by Bob Ford)

"A woman rang the Weather Centre, and said she'd heard that there was a hurricane on the way. Well don't worry - there isn't" - UK Weather Forecaster Michael Fish, hours before "The Great Storm" of 1987 killed 13 people and uprooted half the trees in the South and Midlands.