Best 389 quotes in «classic quotes» category

Aren't most of you descended from pirates?

Are you running away from something?

A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't

A TREAT. FASCINATING. Director Lipes is a classic cinéma vérité practitioner in the mold of Albert Maysles and Frederick Wiseman.

A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.

Broadway is a definite symbol of New York. It's classic New York.

But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a constantand imperishable moral, and to the scholar it yields a classic result.

Beyoncé and pathos are strangers. Amy Winehouse and pathos are flatmates, and you should see the kitchen.

Can you tell the difference between them?

But my everyday music is classic rock. It’s what I relate to the most and where my heart is.

Classical ballet will never die.

A stately pleasure-dome decree.

Classic authors should be older than I am, and wiser, and on-top of all their deadlines.

Classic Van Halen made people want to dance and f**k. Modern Van Halen makes you want to drink milk and drive foreign cars.

Classic is our daring, classic our cowardice. Classic is our cruelty, classic our charity.

Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe.

Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity.

Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates.

Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.

Dave Rocha is a mature and eminently musical improviser. His sumptuous tone and cafefully chosen notes embody real musical thought. His performance of 'Dear Old Stockholm' at Chez Hanny evoked favorable comparisons to Miles Davis' classic recording.

Delivering the State of the Union? That bloke couldn't deliver pizza.

Deaf? If you're near there, no wonder you are deaf.

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.

Do people trip over you?

During my career I’ve enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.

Do you still throw spears at each other?

Don't knock finding nemo," Xavier teased, taking the DVD from my grasp. "It's a modern classic." "Is it seriously about fish?" "Yeah, but really cool fish.

Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur.

During the Blitz, a lot of shops had their windows blown in and put up notices saying, 'More open than usual'. I now declare this place more open than usual.

Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must read. For those who don't wish to understand, it is even more so.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

For my wardrobe, I like to invest in classic pieces and pair them with more trendy new pieces and accessories each season.

Eclectic yet classic with a playful bohemian twist is how Id describe my style.

Frankly, from my perspective, the bomber jacket is such a classic item you can wear it even when it's not on trend.

For the first ten years, Vladimir Putin was constructing his power structure, and now he's defending it. He's retrenching, mobilizing a shrinking constituency, constructing an enemy that's really scary. It's war. And when you look at the anti-gay campaign, it's a classic case of war rhetoric: demonstrating an immediate and extreme danger.

Freud suggests that in order to love someone else, one must love themselves; it's a classic "needs before other needs" argument. Unfortunately, no one really loves themselves . And, if they do, they need to get to know themselves better. Unfortunately, no one is really happy.

Gentlemen prefer blondes.

Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

Get Carter is a classic, but it did nothing in the United States. It came out on a double bill with a Frank Sinatra western.

Great movie stars like Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor who were capable of saying so much without saying anything at all merely by carrying themselves in a classic fashion that's timeless yet relatable.

For the most part you are dealing with jealousy, you are dealing with love, you're dealing with hatred, you are dealing with revenge and all of these sort of classic things.

Honey, I just forgot to duck.

I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless.

Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!

I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

I admire anyone who isn't afraid to take risks and try out things that aren't usually looked at as "normal." Right now I'm very into chic, classy looks. Chanel is one of my favorite brands; they really capture what a classic woman is.

He became fubar in the classic way, which is to say that he was the victim of a temporary arrangement that became permanent.

I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.