Behold then Septimus Dodge returning to Dodge-town victorious. Not crowned with laurel, it is true, but wreathed in lists of things he has seen and sucked dry. Seen and sucked dry, you know: Venus de Milo, the Rhine or the Coliseum: swallowed like so many clams, and left the shells.
When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.
Venus de Milo's mother, who once said to Venus, You never call me. Can't you pick up a phone? Never got a dinner!
The song Venus de Milo, the whole subject of it is Love is a drug.
[Talking pictures are] like putting lip rouge on the Venus de Milo.
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.