Dukes Quotes · Page 9

You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only…

— Cab Calloway

They don't hang dukes, darling. He'd be let off by reason of insanity. Everyone knows the upper classes are batty.

— Rhys Bowen

Don't make fun of her," the Duke said. "She needs gentle encouragement. Carla, baby, we love you. You are such a good…

— John Green

The Maid and her soldiers will have the victory. Therefore the Maid is willing that you, Duke of Bedford, should not destroy…

— Joan of Arc

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

— David Amram

The Grand Duke [of Tuscany] ...after observing the Medicaean plants several times with me ... has now invited me to attach myself…

— Galileo Galilei

I have too much potential for collapse. There's an anonymity that makes people feel safe to participate in hatefulness. I like a…

— Julia Roberts

In 1867, George Campbell, Duke of Argyll, had published The Reign of Law, a book that Darwin found deeply annoying. A supporter…

— Jonathan Clements

A policeman in plain clothes is a man; in his uniform he is ten. Clothes and title are the most potent thing,…

— Mark Twain

I was fortunate enough to never really be bullied. Maybe one time in middle school, but it was my fault. I had…

— Chris Zylka

My dad was a jazz fan and he used to have lots of old 78s, so I grew up with big jazz…

— Ric Sanders

I listen to tons of hard rock and metal, like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, etc., but I also listen to Beethoven and Mozart,…

— Dave Smalley

Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he…

— Marian McPartland

I have six illegitimate children," Villiers informed her, not kindly. She visibly paled. :My daughter is marrying a duke," the duchess said…

— Eloisa James

What kind of crops do they raise in the towns? Only Grand Dukes, Bolsheviks and drunkards!

— Ernest Poole

I get the Martian look all the time even in the hood. I walk down to the shopping block and people just…

— Rakim

People will always go to games. And not just Duke versus North Carolina. Even Appalachian State against Chatworth.

— Sonny Vaccaro

There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film…

— Randy Weston

We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.

— Mike Krzyzewski

JP shouted, "TELL THEM WHAT YOU JUST DID TO EACH OTHER!" "Um," I said. "We kissed," the Duke said. "That's kinda gay,"…

— John Green