Dave Chappelle - he's one of my favorite icons. I can't…

I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds…

— Barkhad Abdi

Dave Wann's recipes from his own experience in Simple Prosperity are a breath of fresh air, and just what we need for a saner…

— Hazel Henderson

Work is a surefire money-making scheme.

— Dave Ramsey

Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as Amy Tan,…

— Otto Penzler

At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby…

— Kevin Hart

If someone sits and stares at you while you eat, you won't even eat the way you normally do, because it'll make you so…

— Dave Chappelle

It's only the losers named 'Dave' that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think? They're named 'Dave.'

— Penn Jillette

What do you think you're doing?

— Ben Aaronovitch

Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians are proven…

— Michael Showalter

I've played with the best drummers in rock, ranging from Josh Freese to Brooks Wackerman to even Dave Lombardo.

— Robert Trujillo

My favorite of my books is DAVE AT NIGHT, because it's loosely based on my father's childhood in an orphanage.

— Gail Carson Levine

I love jazz. I still do. Dave Brubeck and Stan Getz are so good. I took a notification course in Jazz Orchestration. It wasn't…

— Gordon Lightfoot

Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening…

— Sammy Hagar

And old Dave, he'd go up to his room, y'understand, put on his green velvet slippers - I'll never forget - and pick up…

— Arthur Miller

People keep asking "Jacob or Edward?" when the really important question is "Diamond Dave or Sammy?

— Ysabeau S. Wilce