Somebody said to me, ‘Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.’ That’s a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way. Clarence Clemons Read Quote
If I was the Jackie Robinson of golf, I sure didn’t do a very good job of it. Jackie was followed by hundreds of great black ballplayers who have transformed their sport… But there are hardly any black kids coming up through the ranks of golf today. Charlie Sifford Read Quote
My chutzpah was me singing to Mario Lanza. So Mario looked at me after I talk-sang ‘Be My Love’ for the first time; he took the lyric out of my hand as contemptuously as you can take a lyric out of someone’s hand, and he sang ‘Be My Love’ back at me. Sammy Cahn Read Quote
I like making films about different cultures. I’m interested in things that I’ve never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience’s position. Stephen Frears Read Quote
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin Read Quote
If I would get in trouble, my mom would already know when I came home after school. I didn’t have time to give my side, because she would’ve already seen the teacher, like, in the teacher’s lounge. Beth Behrs Read Quote
With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower. Johnny Weissmuller Read Quote
In 1949 – my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out. J. G. Ballard Read Quote
Well, I don’t really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work. P. J. Harvey Read Quote
