Quotable quotes

Thought-provoking snippets from the OED quotation files:

hard cheese...

1872 Galaxy, Cadalous assaulted the city with his faithful Parmesans.

...sound advice...

1999 ‘Jay-Z’ Big Pimpin' (song) in Hip Hop & Rap (2003), Go read a book, you illiterate son of a bitch And step up yo' vocab.

...and precision machismo...

1938 Z. Grey Raiders of Spanish Peaks, He threw Harriet in a parabolic curve far over his head.