Porter Quotes

61 Porter quotes by 45 unique authors

As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me. — Mel Brooks
My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she… — Tori Amos
When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder would… — J P Donleavy
It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes… — Charles Dickens
Nothing quenches the thirst like a wheat beer, or sharpens the appetite like an India pale ale. Nothing goes as well with seafood as a… — Michael Jackson
I use no Porter ... in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased of an excellent… — George Washington
Death is only a grim porter to let us into a stately palace. — Richard Sibbes
It doesn't matter if you're photographing a porter in a market in Marrakech or you're photographing the king of Morroco. You have the same sympathetic… — Albert Watson
Chris Porter scored his first league goal last week, and he's done the same this week. — Jeff Stelling
Death is not the master of the house, he is only the porter of the king's lodge. — John Henry Jowett
Macduff: What three things does drink especially provoke? Porter: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine. — William Shakespeare
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do… — Florence Nightingale
Any quick analysis of a Beatles tune or a Cole Porter tune will reveal often simple but unexpected chords, chords that chromatically shift between keys,… — Paul Zollo
In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs too… — Dolly Parton
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for… — Ethel Merman
Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist — Ethel Merman
Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me — Ethel Merman
I sympathize with every kitchen porter. — Jamie Bell
They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me — Pierre Cardin
But at my back from time to time I hear The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as… — John Thaw
It is only through your conscious mind that you can reach the subconscious. Your conscious mind is the porter at the door, the watchman at… — Robert Collier
I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter. — Julie Harris
I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people… — Gene Tierney
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my… — Marianne Faithfull

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