Told by an interviewer that he had never produced anything else as good as Catch-22, Heller famously responded, "Who has?"

The king famously responded that he would not dismiss as much as a scullion from his kitchen at parliament's request.

Knight famously responded "then play Jordan at center!"

When asked his opinion on the idea of replacing kilts with 'trews' in the Highland regiments he responded famously and at length against it.

Cardinal Newman famously responded with his Letter to the Duke of Norfolk.

After some workers shouted that they could not hear the President, Bush famously responded by saying "I can hear you!

A request to which Mitterrand famously responded:

Wellington famously responded with, Publish and be damned.

Schoenfield famously responded, "You tripped and fell you fat pig!"

Beckett famously responded: "I wouldn't go that far."