Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Jobson

I think as she gets older ... she will hand more and more responsibility towards Prince Charles and her other children. But she will continue to reign as monarch until she dies.

Henry Cabot Lodge

If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V is right, then everything for which the United States stands and has always stood is wrong.

Flea

I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.

I got out of town Sunday when the mayor told us to. We tried to get hotel rooms in Lafayette, Lake Charles and even went to Houston. There was nothing. So we've been here for two nights.

Michael Howard

If this government has got an ounce of honor left, Charles Clarke has got to go. There is no excuse for this devastating failure to protect the public.

Michael Howard

If this government has an ounce of honor left, Charles Clarke has to go.

I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot of people but, hey, so can Charles Dickens so I'm not going to judge.

Charles Mingus

I am Charles Mingus. Half-black man. Yellow man. Half-yellow. Not even yellow, nor white enough to pass for nothing but black and not too light enough to be called white.

Bob Peterson

I was a Charles Schulz kind of guy. I didn't read comics books. The Warner Bros. guys were great - Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng.

Anthony Holden

Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact.

Menzies Campbell

Today we salute Charles and wish him well and look forward to him returning to the front line.

There have been 40-something (U.S.) presidents overall, and they've all had different ways of doing the job. Me, Will and Charles are the same way. There's no such thing as a prototypical defensive end. There doesn't have to be.

But (Prince) Charles is leaving for India next week so she had to get back.

Anthony Horowitz

If you look at Charles Dickens's time, there were so many different levels of society and everybody understood their place in it, it was that complex and simple. I'm not sure we have that now.

We offered Charles the Cherry Brandy but he said he'd better not have that and tried the Apricot Brandy instead.

Charles Kennedy

We congratulate Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles and we wish them all future happiness.

Per Petterson

To me, a book is a book. A novel is a novel, and you have hundreds of possibilities, options, and they may all be fine. Charles Dickens or Ingeborg Bachmann, Claude Simon or later writers. The one and only condition is that it has to be good: it has to have quality, substance, atmosphere.

Two actors who have different motivations and skill sets can work together and be magic. Charles Grodin and Robert DeNiro technically couldn't work more differently, and yet they made 'Midnight Run,' which is a genius comedy.

Joseph Jarman

When Christopher and Charles passed away, I was completely depressed, I felt rejected and real down, and so Roscoe invited me because he had this spirit of compassion, and we had gone to school together, were friends and everything.

Merry Clayton

I remember working with Ray Charles when I was quite young, and I would wonder, 'Why would he sing 'Georgia On My Mind' and 'I Can't Stop Loving You' every night?' I said, 'Oh my God if I have to sing these songs, if I have to sing 'I Can't Stop Loving You' one more night, I'm going to fall out.' Of course, I was young and I didn't understand.

Our team is coming along, ... We're playing with a sense of urgency. But we're playing the game like it is supposed to be played. We held Charles Henderson to 10 yards in the second half. That's pretty good.

I think St. Charles always excelled at restaurants. Geneva always was strong in retail, but it lacked a little for restaurants.

St. Charles County has been one of the fastest-growing counties not just in the state, but in the country.

LeBron James

I think Charles Barkley kick-started us. I heard at halftime he said the game was over. I'd like to thank Charles for kick-starting us.

Charles Schulz

Wouldn't it be nice if our lives were like VCRS (video recorders), and we could "fast forward' through the crummy times? "Peanuts", Charles M

Claire Tomalin

Writing Charles Dickens' biography is like writing five biographies.

You know we're going to throw the ball, but coach 'Hawk' wants to get a guy ready who can run it 20-25 times (a game). It's my responsibility to get Charles and Ellis ready and find a No. 3. Hugh wore down at the end of last season, Byron had shoulder problems and we didn't have a No. 3.

Stan Laurel

I don't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with Charles Chaplin.

We're working on Charles and hoping to get something done. Things are picking up.

Voters quite like Charles Kennedy, but there is a question mark over whether he's someone they can see sitting in 10 Downing Street deciding the future of our country. There's quite a big step up for the Liberal Democrats to take if they are to be taken seriously as a potential party of government.

That was an incredible shot by Mitchell. He stepped up and hit it with Charles Thomas' hand in his face. That was an incredible shot.

Kim Williams

That's the two guys he let pass him in the last race. Charles has really been working on his finish, I've been preaching that to him. It's how do you finish your race.

I wasn't happy with the last four minutes of the game (for us). Give St. Charles North credit. They did a terrific job of putting their heads down and getting to the basket. We need to do a better job of taking away dribble drive penetration.