Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benjamin Franklin

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it."

Al Franken

It's not preppies, cause I'm a preppie myself. I just don't like homosexuals. If you ask me, they're all homosexuals in the Pudding. Hey, I was glad when that Pudding homosexual got killed in Philadelphia.

Al Gore

The very first words that we, the American nation, spoke were right here in Philadelphia. You know those words: "We the people." It wasn't, "We the conglomerates." It wasn't, "We the corporations." It was, "We the people.

Chaka Fattah

We need to have Bill Cosby month in Philadelphia.

Camille Paglia

I see far stronger and more charismatic personalities strolling around Philadelphia's neighborhoods than are being featured in most of today's bland daytime soaps.

Angela Merkel

The Freedom Bell in Berlin is, like the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a symbol which reminds us that freedom does not come about of itself. It must be struggled for and then defended anew every day of our lives.

Amar Bose

At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business repairing radios. It grew to be one of the largest in Philadelphia.

Danny Garcia

It's amazing to be a Puerto Rican fighter, we have a great history of fighters. I say this all the time, 'I'm Puerto Rican, raised in Philadelphia so I got the best of both worlds. I got the Puerto Rican power and the Philly toughness. It comes a long way.

Daryl Hall

I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.

Bill Watterson

Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a 'possum stuck in your collar?

Al Gore

Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.

Brooke Burke

Hey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!

Eleanor Tomlinson

I can't walk five steps without someone on a walkie talkie going, 'She's wandering over there.' I'm pretty stuck, but hey, it's been great.

Eli Manning

Hey, hitting is hard-if you make good pitches that aren't elevated in the zone, you're going to have success.

Bruce Springsteen

You aint a beauty but hey you're all right

Carrie Vaughn

Hey, Cormac. You ever have to deal with a PMSing werewolf?

Neil Young

My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay

Paul Maguire

You kind of like to do games. If that's part of the deal, hey that's fine, too.

David Allen

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.

Dave Barry

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.

David Talbot

Journalism is not just a cause, its also a wacky profession.

Kevin McCarthy

We are lowering our future revenue estimates modestly, which causes a slight decline in our earnings-per-share assumptions. Our fourth-quarter earnings estimate now is $1.45, down a penny, and our 2001 estimate is $4.90, down from $4.95.

Legal Maxim

Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

David Givens

When you start to see the emotional muscles contracting, you know there's some attraction. The muscles of the face are definitely emotional. The upper trapezius muscle is emotional, which causes you to flex your head and your shoulders.

Bo Burnham

I masturbate 'cause I'm the only one whose standards are low enough to f-k me.

Billy Gibbons

Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly.

David Hume

Nothing exists without a cause, the original cause of this universe we call God.