Famous Quotes & Sayings

Just looking at the guy walking around, I thought his potential was limitless if he learned a few things. As they say, even Ray Charles could have seen it.

He used to be bigger. It's kind of like Charles Barkley. If you can play with it, don't mess with it.

Dan Auerbach

When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.

Quincy Jones

I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.

We thought we were quicker than they were and I thought we could wear them down. Defensively, we just had five kids coming at them the whole time. Offensively, Darrell is instant offense, L.J. stepped up tonight and I thought Charles Miller was outstanding.

He's been a great friend to the St. Charles Singers.

Robert Gottlieb

'River of Light,' to a dense but powerful score commissioned from Charles Wuorinen and with ravishing lighting by Mark Stanley, has depth and resonance.

This is not about Danny Porter or Charles Steele or SCLC, ... I want to have a conversation with the nation.

Stories about Diana's fashions, about possible rows between Charles and Diana, these were meat and drink.

We still feel he has the potential to be productive as a big-league player. He didn't have a great offensive-type start to the year. After that long 0-for start, he put a lot of pressure on himself. It wasn't fair to Charles to expect him to find the magic and turn it around without playing on a more regular basis.

Martin Charnin

That song is gone, it's gone, it's gone. Charles and I have often looked at one another and can't even remember the lyric or the tune.

Take a message to the nonbelievers: Nothing happened. The evacuees are law-abiding citizens. In fact, our crime rate in Lake Charles has dropped in the last two weeks,

The US is deeply concerned by reports that Charles Taylor fled.

It was nice. It really wasn't necessary, but it was nice. That's an indication of what kind of man (Islanders owner) Charles (Wang) is and what kind of organization they are.

It's going to be an interactive performance and discussion. Charles is a master pianist and acclaimed educator. It seemed like a perfect fit to give the week an educational element. He is referred to as the grandfather of jazz in this area.

Kit Harington

My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up. We were comfortable, but I didn't go to Oxbridge, and yet every American interviewer I get says to me, 'You're related to Charles II! Your grandfather was a baronet!' And it's infuriating, because that is a part of my history, but you're trying to turn me into a posh boy, and I'm not.

Kevin Chapman

The kids from St. Charles swam really, really well. They did a great job. You can't say (enough) about what they did. It looked like to me that they wanted to do really, really well and they did.

The last two games, Charles has been our rock. He was a big key.

The disappearance of Charles Taylor from Nigerian soil is a humiliating disgrace to Nigeria. Obasanjo must explain why this happened.

About seven years ago, we got serious about looking at South Carolina. We looked all over -- Lexington, Myrtle Beach, Newberry, Charleston and Chesterfield. About the only place we didn't look was Aiken.

Robert Lacey

It's an open secret that Prince Charles was deeply opposed to the war in Iraq and holds very different views on the environment.

It probably would have been mentioned to the Queen by the prime minister and she would speak to Charles herself about it.

We acknowledge that it is going to be difficult for a jury to hear that Charles Boney was there, that Charles Boney sold a firearm, when you're talking about the murder of a young woman and her two children.

We are awaiting the result of the draft resolution on whether Charles Taylor should be taken to The Hague to stand trial.

Princess Diana

When we had William, we had to find a date in the diary that suited Charles and his polo. William had to be induced because I couldn't handle the press pressure any longer,

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

As a society, we have become completely disconnected from where our food comes from. Prince Charles acknowledges and understands and embraces sustainable agriculture.

Charles Taylor

As long as this stigma exists, that Charles Taylor is supposed to be Attila the Hun, nothing is going to come here. And now it's not just about me, it's about this country living.

Quincy Jones

Ray Charles is a giant. He was one of my mentors. He would write arrangements in Braille, and translate it to me. At 14 and 16 we used to sit in Seattle on those rainy days and dream about what would happen.

Larry Johnson

Of course, they don't have (defensive back) Charles Woodson and that's one of the big things.

Normally, Charles (Bronson) has been doing that, but Brandon stepped up and did a great job. He got a little confidence going and he did a great job. They (Navarro) were doing such a great job of pressuring our wings that we had to get some inside relief to the pressure.

Despite his enormous success, artistically and financially, Ray Charles was a humble man,

Sandra Tsing Loh

Approaching 50, I am living a life that is less sunlit Waldman/Chabon than tattered Charles Bukowski.