Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rodney Dangerfield

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it.

Rodney Dangerfield

When I was born ... the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father ... I'm very sorry. We did everything we could ... but he pulled through.

Rodney Dangerfield

One night she told me to put out the garbage. I told her "you cooked it, you take it out".

Rodney Dangerfield

My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet.

Rodney Dangerfield

Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt. Because in every room he leaves a pyramid.

Rodney Dangerfield

I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.

Rodney Dangerfield

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.

Rodney Dangerfield

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.

Rodney Dangerfield

My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair.

Rodney Dangerfield

A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.

Rodney Dangerfield

I tell ya, I knew my morning wasn't going right. When I put on my shirt the button fell off, when I picked up my briefcase, the handle fell off, I tell ya, I was afraid to go to the bathroom.

Rodney Dangerfield

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

Rodney Dangerfield

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.

Rod Carew

There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the ballpark rises to its feet and cheers. But, I also remember how much fun I had as a skinny barefoot kid hitting a tennis ball with a broomstick on a quiet, dusty street in Panama.

Rocco DiSpirito

There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can.

Robyn

My parents had an independent theater company here in Sweden during the 1980s, so I was raised watching my parents create independently, having a lot of fun and just doing what they wanted to do. I think that idea of independence as an artist was something I was always used to. And then I entered the industry from a very commercial perspective, and things were very different then from what I grew up with.

Robyn

The funny thing about gold is how quickly it can tarnish.

Roberto Orci

We wanted to present the Headless Horseman in a new light. That's where the fun comes in, of just diving in.

Roberto Cavalli

I enjoy seeing people have fun.

Robertson Davies

She has been kissed as often as a police-court Bible, and by much the same class of people.

Robertson Davies

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

Robertson Davies

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

Robert Staughton Lynd

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Robert Southey

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.

More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems: back taxes, back rent, back auto payments.

Do your kids a favor - don't have any.

Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people.

Wallace Stevens

It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.

Vittorio De Sica

Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.

Vivien Leigh

Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides, there isn't going to be any war. . . . If either of you boys says 'war' just once again, I'll go in the house and slam the door.

Vinessa Shaw

I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun.

William Hung

I was just trying out and having some fun. I don't think I'd want to pursue singing as a career; it's an on-the-side thing. It would be great if I could make a career out of it but if I can't, that's OK too.

William Howard Taft

Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!