Louis Quotes

326 quotes by 270 authors

I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know… — Josephine Baker
Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third. — Bud Abbott
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced… — Dave Brubeck
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. — Muhammad Ali
I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to… — Eric Clapton
I'm a lifetime St. Louis Cardinals fan. — Andy Cohen
Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like… — Francois Magendie
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. ... One might point out how the Renaissance was… — Oscar Wilde
If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order to… — Niccolo Machiavelli
When that happens [the demise of golf], old men will furtively beckon to their sons and, like fugitives from the guillotine recalling the elegant orgies… — Alistair Cooke
The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The… — Oscar Wilde
My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name… — Terry Brooks
Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the street corners of… — Jimmy Connors
In 1841 you and I had together a tedious low-water trip, on a Steam Boat from Louisville to St. Louis. You may remember, as I… — Abraham Lincoln
There are only two possible explanations as to how life arose: Spontaneous generation arising to evolution or a supernatural creative act of God.... There is… — George Wald
When I was a young boy, I loved spending hours in St. Franics Xavier's school library at Saint Louis University. The feel of the books… — William Lacy Clay, Jr.
I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great… — Bill Laimbeer
You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong said when asked what jazz… — Ned Block
Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets, saxophones,… — Cootie Williams

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