Best Francis Sayings
116 Francis quotes by 101 unique authors
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I'm the Connie Francis of rock 'n' roll.
— Elton John
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The only remarkable thing about Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part II is the insistent manner in which it recalls how much better his original…
— Vincent Canby
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I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called…
— Lucian Freud
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Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
— David Lynch
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I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and…
— David Lynch
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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.…
— Al Pacino
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Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big-thinking entrepreneurial potty-mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst synthesizes punk, Pop…
— Jerry Saltz
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When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and…
— Jerry Saltz
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Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.
— Rebecca West
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Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by…
— Regina Brett
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Bill Gates recently picked up the ukulele. And Warren Buffett is a huge ukulele fan. I even got to strum a few chords with Francis…
— Jake Shimabukuro
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Necessity knows no magic formulae-they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it…
— Milan Kundera
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If you're going to say the Jesus Prayer, at least say it to Jesus, and not to St. Francis and Seymour and Heidi's grandfather all…
— J D Salinger
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Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.
— Harper Lee
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We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped anything. I was…
— Curtis Sittenfeld
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The good Bishop of Assisi expressed a sort of horror at the hard life which the Little Brothers lived at the Portiuncula, without comforts, without…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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But why should you be interested in me?" Good question. I can’t explain it myself right this moment. But maybe – just maybe – if…
— Haruki Murakami
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In the words of the late Francis Crick...You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free…
— Mary Roach
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As I stood with her on the platform - she impatient, tapping her foot, leaning forward to look down the tracks - it seemed more…
— Donna Tartt
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I swear on St. Francis, the patron saint of all animals.” Seeing Poppy’s hesitation, Beatrix added enthusiastically, “If a band of pirates kidnapped me and…
— Lisa Kleypas
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From the window, above the clatter of pots and the slamming of cabinets, Francis was singing, as though it was the happiest song in the…
— Donna Tartt
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The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's…
— Albert Einstein
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Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.
— Robert Cormier
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Your half-caf, double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.
— Eric Kripke
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Well, for that matter, I was also a good friend of Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein, and John, Paul, George, and Ringo."…
— Alyson Noel
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