Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sara Blakely

I didn't want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.

Richard M. Nixon

I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes.

Richard M. Nixon

Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.

Richard M. Nixon

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

Reba McEntire

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

Robert Crumb

I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework.

Robert De Niro

I guess the only thing to do now is meet his parents. I'm sure they're decent people. I mean they gotta be if they named their son Gaylord Focker.

Robert De Niro

According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful.

Roald Dahl

Don't gobblefunk around with words.

Roald Dahl

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

Richard Pryor

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

Richard Pryor

I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety.

Richard Pryor

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

Richard Pryor

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.

Richard Pryor

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!

Richard Lamm

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.

Tucker Carlson

Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting.

Trey Parker

It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want.

Trey Parker

No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park movie came out, there were some critics that said, 'Well it's obvious that in order to get it to be 90 minutes they filled some time with music.'

Tracy Morgan

I can't watch American Idol... it's like karaoke without the booze.

Vera Wang

The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!

Robyn Davidson

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

Robin Williams

When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'

Robin Williams

We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.

Robin Williams

The Second Amendment! It says you have the right to bear arms, or the right to arm bears, whatever the hell you want to do!

Robin Williams

When I was growing up they used to say, "Robin, drugs can kill you." Now that I'm 58 my doctor's telling me, "Robin, you need drugs to live." I realize now that my doctor is also my dealer...

Robin Williams

I went to rehab for alcoholism in wine country, just to keep my options open.

Robin Williams

We were talking briefly about cocaine... yeah. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, give me more of that!

Robin Williams

When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

Robin Williams

Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.

Robin Williams

People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

Robin Williams

Look at airport security now. What started out as definite racial profiling is now where the computer picks a name. That's why you get a seven-month-old getting a pat down. [Imitates a security officer.] "Check the diapers. They're full."

Robin Williams

And some people say Jesus wasn't Jewish. Of COURSE he was Jewish! 30 years old, single, lives with his parents, come on! He works in his father's business, his mom thought he was God's gift, he's Jewish! Give it up!