Classic Quotes

815 Classic quotes by 616 unique authors

Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with talking… — Barbara Amiel
As far as cookbooks go, I think Joy of Cooking is a classic. I've used it over and over again. Julia Child frustrates me. By… — Paul Lynde
I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already… — Anita Diament
It's going to be crazy. I'm guessing when we play against the Dominicans, half the field will be Dominican fans and half will be Puerto… — Carlos Beltran
The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're… — Daniel H. Pink
A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading. — Italo Calvino
Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I'm a passionate… — James Dean
To be a classic, a novel should be original. — Ruth Rendell
Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure. Fragrance must be introduced properly.… — Oscar de la Renta
No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music is like a… — Wynton Marsalis
Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction is… — Wojciech Kurtyka
I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. — Ritchie Blackmore
I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working. — Peter Sellers
A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic. — Benjamin Disraeli
Rueful, bittersweet, funny, written with tenderness and bite, Merrill Feitell's stories, like so many classic short stories, are made from the plain and painful stuff… — Michael Chabon
The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive — George Santayana
For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference. — Ann Demeulemeester
American public opinion, as you can see in the polls, radically changed from being against airstrikes to being heavily in favor that [President Obama] decided… — Charles Krauthammer
I think Bruno Mars is a great example of a great voice and classic songwriting with a twist that makes it contemporary. I think he's… — Kara DioGuardi

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