Best 70 quotes in «houston quotes» category

I don't put much stock in remembering things. Being able to forget is a superior skill.

I never understood a lot of things less complicated than why people put up with each other." -- Songs From Richmond Avenue

My guess is her attraction to him was his power in the one universe in Houston she and Gary knew: Walker & Travis.

Isn't the human body a miracle

Maybe in time, once your feelings for Dee deepen—" "That's my problem, Houston. I think I've fallen in love with her and I've got no earthly idea how to make her love me." -Dallas and Houston

New York is a granite beehive, where people jostle and whir like molecules in an overheated jar. Houston is six suburbs in search of a center.

You loved her, but you let her marry some other fella? Why’d you do a fool thing like that?” “Because it was best for her.” “How do you know it was best for her?” Houston swiveled his head and captured his brother’s gaze. “What?” Austin shrugged. “What if what you thought was best for her wasn’t what she wanted?” “What are you talking about?” Austin slid his backside across the porch. “I’m not learned in these matters so I don’t understand how you know what you did was best for her.” -Houston and Austin

They passed a table with five women. Margot waved but didn't stop to chat. "They look alike. Are they sisters?" "No. they just go to the same plastic surgeon," she deadpanned.

We are your best deal if you are looking for a tummy tuck treatment in Houston, as we have employ the latest technology to provide optimum service.

You may not like what I'm saying, but the cops and these people have a sort of code. So long as the rich and powerful don't go overboard, cops give them the slack that people who live in the barrios or Third Ward or the trailer parks don't get

You're lucky you chose Houston. It's a true meritocracy here. I'm from Dallas, which is more closed. Houston is wide open. Here, you work hard, you succeed. It doesn't matter who your parents or grandparents were. Nearly all doors are open. If one isn't, you build your own door and march right through it.

A huge Chinese population here in... Houston.

Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros.

At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.

Err Houston, we've had a problem. [pause] We've had a main B bus undervolt.

Houston, we have a problem.

Houston people are way cool. They're smart, they know how to have a good time, and they have the hottest chicks on the planet there.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

I didn’t know baboons could drive recreational vehicles, but Khufu did okay. When I woke up around dawn, he was navigating through the early morning rush hour in Houston, baring his fangs and barking a lot, and none of the other drivers seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary.

I don't mind being compared to Whitney (Houston), there are people miles worse to be compared to.

If I could, I would live in Houston, and I would encourage any comic starting out looking for a good place to develop to move there.

I just really like Houston despite its craziness. There is a sense of energy and a kind of excitement, 'We're going places and God knows what'll happen next.' It's very interesting. It's very exciting.

I love seeing Houston. Houston has a great style and energy.

I'm saying that she (Whitney Houston) looks great for a singer... the way Courtney Love is a singer.

Houston Alexander is for real!

I always feel like there are specific things about Houston. There's one museum in particular in Houston. So many of the things that I'm interested in now I can sort of trace back to that museum, which introduced me to them.

I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television.

I have been influenced by the greatest artists in jazz, pop, reggae, traditional, ballards, pop, and all types of music, taking the best from each to represent my own personality. Whitney Houston, George Michaels, Sade, Phil Collins, and many others have influenced me.

I know I'm no Whitney Houston.

I'll be a Houston Astro no matter what ... I would certainly want to leave myself open to a return to the team if that made sense for the organization and for me as well.

I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston.

I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Anne Murray - if I hear something really great I want to be a part of it.

I’m a sucker for this stuff. The @ is called chiocciola (snail) in Italian! The & was once taught as a letter of the alphabet! The manicule has been with us for a millennium! Thank you, Keith Houston, for bringing these little mysteries out of the shadows of typographic history.

I'm still an English professor at Rice University here in Houston. They've been very generous in letting me on a very long leash to just work on 'The Passage' and its sequels.

I'm very proud of my love for Whitney Houston. She really changed my life. She made my life a better life. She was so beautiful in her love for God, her love for her family and her love for music. She truly loved her music. She could do everything! She had flawless rhythm, flawless pitch, flawless feeling, and flawless beauty.

I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.

I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it.

I really like Thanksgiving turkey... it does not take only time in Houston that you look at natural breasts.

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

It was sweaty Whitney (Houston) in Central Park. She knew that park pretty well. Every bush!

I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain's got its fair share, as well, but some of the greatest singers, ever, whether you're talking about Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey or Aretha Franklin, are from the legacy here.

It really started cooking when I moved to Houston. I bought a house and got my own barbeque pit.

Its unbelievable, I cant even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is just tremendous.

I've had offers to sign a record deal, but the people I've talked to have wanted to package me and have me meet with songwriters who've written stuff for Whitney Houston, that sort of thing. That's not at all my style.

I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.

My lady makes me do it. I sang Whitney Houston's "Bodyguard".

My music is just fresh. Everybody say it's a breath of fresh air because it's not like the normal Houston sound you would hear. I am from Houston and I use that same slang and I carry myself the same way as a Houstonian and I'm a Houston dude born and raised, but the music is a lil bit different due to the things I've seen and the things I've learned and put that into my music.

The Houston Astros want to change the name of Enron Field where they play. I guess the Enron name could cause problems for them. Like players could steal a base and then deny it.

One of the things that I'm doing and I'm - we have the Johnson Amendment. You know what that is. That Lyndon Johnson in the 1950s passed an amendment because supposedly he was having a hard time with a church in Houston, with a pastor. And he passed an amendment saying basically if you're a pastor, if you're a religious person, you cannot get up and talk politics.