Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronald Reagan

I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself.

Ronald Reagan

... the moral equal of our Founding Fathers.

Ronald Reagan

I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war than the people have been told.

Ronald Reagan

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The U.S. Geological Survey has told me that the proven potential for oil in Alaska alone is greater than the proven reserves in Saudi Arabia.

Ronald Reagan

Growing and decaying vegetation in this land are responsible for 93 percent of the oxides of nitrogen.

Romain Rolland

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.

Sam Kinison

What happened? Satan was busy?

Sam Kinison

I called a detox center - just to see how much it would cost: $13,000 for three weeks! My friends, if you can come up with thirteen grand, you don't have a problem yet.

Sam Levenson

Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.

Sam Levenson

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

Sam Levenson

The whole world is watching America, and America is watching TV.

Sam Levenson

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.

Sally Phillips

I have a lot of funny friends, though not everyone's funny all the time. Doon Mackichan's my funniest friend in the pub; Nina Conti's the funniest with a monkey.

Rosalind Russell

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

Ron Richards

My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left me there.

Sugar Ray Robinson

You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide', and then one morning you wake up and realize you've done slid.

Sugar Ray Robinson

My business is hurting people.

Studs Terkel

The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.

Stewart Brand

Whenever I hear the word "share" I would reach for a gun if I had one. "Share" is frequently followed by the word "feelings", and I have enough of my own thank you; please do us both a favor and repress yours.

Steve Coogan

In my mind God made Adam and Eve, he didn't make Adam and Steve.

Steve Coogan

I'm gonna hump ya. Like Deputy Dog... Would hump ya.

Steve Coogan

Got my fungal foot powder? Ah, it's a lifesaver, you know. I'd effectively be disabled if it weren't for these.

Steve Coogan

All those people who go around saying Life begins at forty, they're notable by their absence. The nerve.

Steve Coogan

I woke with a start. At first I assumed I'd trumped myself awake again.

Steve Coogan

Guide dogs for the blind. It's cruel really, isn't it? Getting a dog to lead a man round all day. Not fair on either of them.

Steve Coogan

Convoy? Michael, you're hanging around with a man who uses a collective term for a single vehicle.

Steve Coogan

Two fat ladies, 88! Not that you'd find these ladies at a bingo hall, of course... they're altogether a higher class of fat lady.

Steve Coogan

Sadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell.

Steve Coogan

It's arguably the best newspaper in the world.

Steve Coogan

That was liquid football

Steve Coogan

There's never any graffiti in the hotel. Although in the Gents a couple of weeks ago I did see someone had drawn a lady's part. Quite detailed. The guy obviously had talent.

Steve Coogan

You really have got lots of issues! Yeah, of 'What Car Magazine'!

Steve Coogan

I'm 47, my girlfriend's 33; she's 14 years younger than me, back of the net!