People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it.… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
Ain't nothin' better We beat the odds together I'm glad we didn't listen Look at what we would be missin' They said… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
Mormon leaders said in a statement they will reexamine their ties to the Boy Scouts. "The church," they said, "has always welcomed… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said,… — Jacques Parizeau Copy Share Image
I went to a record store, they said they specialized in hard-to-find records. Nothing was alphabetized! — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I think Julianne Moore is very, very good. I've worked with her. We did Surviving Picasso. I remember one scene we did… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I went to a gay bar, they wanted proof of sex so I showed them, they said it wasn't enough. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
I knew his life deserved a chance/But everybody told me to be smart/Look at your career they said/Lauren, baby use your head/But… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Sometimes, after I'd gone at the coke like one of those snow plows moving up First Avenue, I'd think my heart was… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Friends can be a pain. They can be demanding and hard work. But maybe that's because they're the wrong friends. I read… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
All we know about Jesus is what someone else wrote down... so really one should say, "Here is what someone wrote down… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I saw a lady on TV, she was born without arms. That's sad, but then they said, "Lola does not know the… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
She was like me in lineaments-- her eyes Her hair, her features, all, to the very tone Even of her voice, they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I get to work with people I admire, it's such a bonus, so it was an easy sell when I got… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I never met David Kelly, but I knew from what he told other people that this was not his view. The BBC… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
This Book had to be written by one of three people: good men, bad men or God. It couldn't have been written… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Someone sent an email to Reverend Joanna Watson [an American missionary] saying that I'm gay, and she sent it to all the… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I think it holds up pretty good because more and more women are coming to the forefront in all areas, and back… — Garry Marshall Copy Share Image
They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take… — Shirley Knight Copy Share Image
...It felt like they were telling each other secrets. Everything they said felt like that—whispered, tender, full of other meanings, like when… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
I think that Billie (Jean King) and Zina (Garrison), they have a whole lot of experience. Even if I don't quite agree… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
Very few Black people ever embraced back to Africa movements, and very few actually, a tiny number actually went back to Africa.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to… — Nancy Kerrigan Copy Share Image
