It sounds ungrateful: "Nobody thanks you for your kind applause," except for the fact that Nobody is a character in the play.  From Little Nobody, 1875.

We would have used not an exclamation point to symbolize "risky" but rather an asterisk, which has "risk" in its very name.  From Right, Wrong, and Risky by Mark Davidson.

You knew that the Bible is the best-selling book in history, but did you know that the No Bible is the least sold book in history?  (Negative five billion No Bible sales to date, and subtracting by the day.)  From Bible or No Bible, 1904.

Midway through this book, the reader must make a choice: believe in fairies or stop reading and leave the characters to seek their fortunes alone.  From Puck's Broom by E. Gordon Browne and illustrated by Kathleen I. Nixon, 1923.

It's an enduring rhetorical question.  Materialized Apparitions: If Not Beings From Another Life, What Are They by Edward Augustus Brackett, 1908.

Great news: "It is never too late to do justice to history."  From Dark Shadows episode 464.

We're fairly certain that a song without words is called music.  Previously, we saw seven cats in a tree singing a song without words.  From The Song Without Words, 1856.

"Don't argue; eat pineapple."  From Cavalcade, 1943.

From Dark Shadows.

This is what happens when characters haven't read The Tibetan Book of the Dead.  "How is it possible to die and then live again?"  From Dark Shadows episode 1096.

"I'm seeing three different analysts, three times a week.  Makes life rather difficult."  From I Dream of Jeannie, season 2, episode 9.

"And the horrible grinding never ceases."  From Ethos, 1965.

An old-fashioned Hallowe'en party menu (left) and suggested substitutions (right).  From The Book of Games and Parties for All Occasions, edited by Theresa Hunt Wolcott, 1924.

It's rare but welcome to see skeletons and wizards riding UFOs to celebrate Hallowe'en.  From The Ufologer, 1957.