Duke Quotes
163 Duke quotes by 123 unique authors
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Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.
— Lawrence Welk
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I went to Duke University in the medical track. And then I decided I wanted to do something more creative, so I switched to biochemistry…
— Ken Wilber
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You know, I always when people ask me, like, what is my most favorite song, I quote Duke Ellington, when they would ask him, what's…
— Stevie Wonder
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But the fact of it was that I liked it out there, a ruin devoid of human vanities, clean of human illusions, an empty place…
— Joan Didion
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The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.
— Terry Pratchett
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You mean to say he became mad deliberately?' ...Nothing is more likely,' said the duke.
— Susanna Clarke
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We thought the Duke would have been pleased if the King's Majesty would have married his daughter, but nothing came of that--' Squints, and has…
— C.S. Lewis
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The Duke of Dunstable had one-way pockets. He would walk ten miles in the snow to chisel an orphan out of tuppence.
— P.G. Wodehouse
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Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.
— Coco Chanel
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It looks as though your shop is doing well," Luka said gazing around, "Could you help me find a gift for a lady friend of…
— Jessica Day George
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The Duke [John Wayne] was a massive figure. He looked like a heavy piece of hauled lumber, and it didn't seem like any man could…
— Bob Dylan
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Perhaps you'd care for a synonym bun," suggested the duke.
— Norton Juster
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Oh dear, all those words again," thought Milo as he climbed into the wagon with Tock and the cabinet members. "How are you going to…
— Norton Juster
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Next out of the hall came the sisters and their husbands. Before I could say anything, the captain had clamped his hand over my mouth…
— Christopher Moore
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My guard will run you through if he catches you looking at my face," said Arianna. "I don't think so. I think it might be…
— Mary Hoffman
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I was struck with a bolt of distilled horror like I have never known before. Far worse than suddenly finding yourself walking through a prison…
— Augusten Burroughs
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October— You were sleeping so peacefully that I was loath to wake you. Duke Torquill, after demanding to know what I was doing in your…
— Mira Grant
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Q, you're going to go to Duke. You're going to be a very successful lawyer-or-something and get married and have babies and live your whole…
— John Green
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Who’s that? That’s the King. Who’s he? The Duke. Who’s she? The Princess. What do they call you? The Count. What does that make me?…
— Jordan Sonnenblick
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I'll just go over to the Duke's," I said. "Her parents already told me I could stay there. I'll go over there and open all…
— John Green
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Don't make fun of her," the Duke said. "She needs gentle encouragement. Carla, baby, we love you. You are such a good car. And we…
— John Green
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Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was…
— Frank Herbert
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Anthony sneezed and pushed them aside. "Mother, I am trying to have a conversation with the duke." Violet looked at Simon. "Do you want to…
— Julia Quinn
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To us, it is incomprehensible that millions of Christian men killed and tortured each other because Napoleon was ambitious or Alexander was firm, or because…
— Leo Tolstoy
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The cosy glow which had been enveloping the Duke became shot through by a sudden chill. It was as if he had been luxuriating in…
— P.G. Wodehouse
Who Wrote These Duke Quotes
123 authors contributed a total of 163 Duke Quotes, led by these top contributors: