Classic Quotes · Page 16

Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.

— Barack Obama

I've always dug Audrey Hepburn. I think she's one of the classic beauties.

— Estelle

There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.

— Sylvia Plath

Kevin Garnett did the classic hold me back but fall away at the same time.

— Jemele Hill

Aren't most of you descended from pirates?

— Prince Philip

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

— Anonymous

Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?

— Duke of Gloucester Prince Henry

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.

— William Shakespeare

I think that you can treat a classic like a museum piece -stuffed and mounted- or you can make it a living,…

— Peter Jackson

When you look at Mark Zuckerberg and Snapchat and all these twentysomething billionaires, it's really kind of fascinating; a classic tale of…

— Steven Bochco

Schoolteachers seemed determined to persuade me that 'classic' is a synonym for 'narcotic'.

— Russell Baker

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you…

— Anonymous

You don't have to be dead to write a classic, and you don't have to be literary to be smart.

— Lisa Scottoline

The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio.

— George Thorogood

A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.

— Bear Grylls

The Beatles, 'Revolver.' It's pop. It's classic. It's experimental. It's revolutionary.

— Ludovico Einaudi

There's nothing classic about what's around now. I am a bit old-school. There are some things that are never out of fashion…

— Jay Kay

A classic liberal is more like a libertarian. I'm sorry. Classic liberal, actually, from the 1800s has a totally different meaning than…

— Glenn Beck

Women most certainly carry a more sympathetic heart in the traditional, classic sense the mother archetype. They have been given the role…

— Caroline Myss

Whenever I think I know something is a classic, or an amazing song, I realise it's still so subjective, because you and…

— Jay Watson

I'm a fan of the old 'Creature Features' like 'Critters,' and 'Gremlins' and 'Tremors.' 'Jaws' is classic. It's funny that I still…

— Brooke Nevin

One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards,…

— Camille Paglia

Here's the irony in what I do: When I go out to eat, I like classic French food. I like amazing Japanese…

— Grant Achatz

There's this long tradition of... even 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which many people consider the best kids' picture book of all…

— Henry Selick

Flawless . . . Tightly choreographed . . . Shipstead gains entry into exclusive worlds and trains her opera glasses on private…

— Maureen Corrigan

People complain that the religious ground is unsure who have never compelled themselves to examine it with a tithe of the care…

— Peter Forsyth

If you like eating meat but want to eat ethically, this is the book for you. From the hard-headed, clear-eyed, and sympathetic…

— Marion Nestle

“There was a leap of joy in him, like a flame lighting up in a dark lantern. At this moment he believed…

— Elizabeth Goudge

Like Richard Ellmann on James Joyce, Arnold Rampersad on Ralph Ellison is in a class of its own. His masterful and magisterial…

— Cornel West

That's the old AA maxim, "Always have a drink in your hand and you'll never want a drink." That's one of the…

— Clancy Martin

My father was a soldier. He was a frogman in the special forces in Denmark before I was born, and always the…

— Tobias Lindholm

My parents said I'd always been attracted to music from an early age. The classic story is I started singing before I…

— Vienna Teng

I don't know how they're going to integrate in places like Glasgow and Sheffield.

— Prince Philip

A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

French designers are classic, chic, and traditional.

— Coco Rocha

Stop worrying - nobody gets out of this world alive.

— Clive James

I love Cartier. They are the classic French jeweller.

— Vincent Cassel

A great song will be great forever - it's timeless and classic in that way.

— Kacey Musgraves

I like country, and I like some classic rock, too.

— Kyle Larson

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.

— William Shakespeare