"Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice stole in and out,
As if they feared the light;
But oh, she dances such a way!
No sun upon an Easter-day
Is half so fine a sight."
Sir John Suckling
"Don't call the world dirty because you forgot to clean your glasses."
"Brandy and water spoils two good things."
"Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post."
"Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible."
"My advice to the women's clubs of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias." William Allen White
"That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it." Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
"Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did." Jimmy Durante, hot cha cha!
"Perhaps we could have a translation, I could not quite follow."
"Don't tell me peace has broken out, when I've just bought some new supplies." Bertolt Brecht
"Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos." Joyce Grenfell
"Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry." Larry Adler
"We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition."
"I totally and completely admit, with no qualms at all, my egomania, my selfishness, coupled with a really magnificent voice." Leontyne Price
"Charlton Heston was a bit over the top by himself, and didn't need any score to accompany him."
"Often the search proves more profitable than the goal." Elaine Lobl Konigsburg
"Dolly Parton reminds me of two big ice cream cones and a whole lot of cotton candy. I'll bet most of her fans are either hillbillies or diabetics."
"I thank you for this award, though I think there may be a problem with a world in which making small, human and humorous films is 'an achievement.' It should be the norm."
  • Alexander Payne
    (02/10/1961 – )
    US director (was married to Sandra Oh), on accepting Director of the Year award for "Sideways" at the Palm Springs film fest
Alexander Papadopoulos
"It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one." Laura Dern