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He's skinny like Sammy Davis Jr.. He has a mustache like Sammy Davis Jr. I tease him with that.
MARCO KILLINGSWORTH Sammy played 38 minutes against their best player and never once [complained]. He did everything we ...
JERRY WAINWRIGHT![]()
I am not the reincarnation of Sammy Davis Jr.
NANCY CARTWRIGHT Anthony Davis knew who Dennis Winston was, ... When he tackled Anthony Davis, he went backwards. I a...
HAROLD HORTON He looks like Sammy Davis Jr. -- but he's a skeleton,
DANNY ELFMAN I asked David once, 'What does it look like downfield?' ... And he said, 'Dude, they're covered.'
STEVE MCKINNEY He knows,"I said. "I tell him everything"
"Does that go both ways?" he asked.
"Does what g...
MAUREEN JOHNSON Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball ...
ALFONSO SORIANO A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy D...
JAMES DARREN Someone once asked him, 'How many poets do you know there?' ... He said, 'Thank God, none.'
ANNE WRIGHT Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,...
GLADYS KNIGHT Mel: What's with you, kid? You think the death of Sammy Davis left an opening in the Rat Pack?
CLUELESS![]()
Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay."
"I hope you told him you were bitten by a g...
CASSANDRA CLARE Once someone asked me three words that best describe me and I said 'Loud, Louder, and Loudest.
ANASTACIA![]()
I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I...
DEMETRI MARTIN He called in and said he was feeling bad. The trainer (Larry Davis) thought it was best he stayed at...
BOB GEREN I fought a boxer who everybody said I couldn't beat - Sugar Ray Leonard. They said he was faster...
ROBERTO DURAN![]()
God I loved Sammy. I’d considered marrying him, but his wife got upset when I asked for his hand.
DARYNDA JONES![]()
Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to ...
ADLAI E. STEVENSON II It's one thing to know Michael and Sammy were hotheaded, and it's another thing to know the things t...
PETER PARKER He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will no...
ARMY ARCHERD I have so many contacts all over the world.
ARMY ARCHERD It's not the kind of publishing we want to do. Further, we are supporters of the president.
ARMY ARCHERD [HOLLYWOOD, California (Variety) -- Nicolas Cage, who played twins in] Adaptation ... It's time for ...
ARMY ARCHERD Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, s...
BEATRICE LILLIE![]()
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. ...
MARY HARRIS JONES He asked me, 'Who are you?' I said, 'I don't know, can you please tell me who am I?' He had no answe...
TANMAYA GURU![]()
A very unwise man once said, “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand...
SHANNON L. ALDER I told director of my camp what he said, so he called him and gave him a couple of words. I asked my...
ALEXANDER BUNEGIN I asked him about it and he said I'd be a good fit.
ANDY KLINK He asked her to go to the movies with him. She said, 'Don't you know what my father does to boys who...
JOANNE HOFFMAN![]()
People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down thi...
DIONNE WARWICK![]()
Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best,...
KATE DICAMILLO He confronted my wife and she didn't deserve that. When my wife saw him, she asked him to leave and ...
HAL TURNER![]()
where are we going?' I asked.
'I don't know,' he said. 'just driving.'
'But this road does...
BRET EASTON ELLIS![]()
Where are we going?" I asked
"I don't know," he said. "Just driving."
"But this road doesn...
BRET EASTON ELLIS![]()
The good thing about it is the cast covers his thumb but your fingers are out, ... He played extreme...
JOE GIBBS He's the kind of player who we don't have anyone to guard him. With what he does, at his size.... He...
RICK BYRD He simply told me that they had decided to give the sponsorship to another company. I asked him (who...
DAVID KINSMAN I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS![]()
I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for y...
CONOR OBERST![]()
He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him....
ERIN MORGENSTERN I asked, and the [official] told me it wasn't anything [Perry] said. He said he just didn't like the...
DAVID PYPER![]()
He pointed at me and said, 'that one won't stand up.' The two policemen came near me and only one sp...
ROSA PARKS![]()
Men hate to lose. I beat my husband once at tennis. I asked him, "Will we ever make love again?" He ...
RITA RUDNER Everybody else would take the chance to go to college. They look at the Marines as some hard-nosed s...
DALLAS BAKER I told him (Davis) to take it. I said 'You're open, you got to take it' and he turned down two or th...
BUD HENDRIX I asked him if he was fatigued or anything, ... He said, 'No,' so I said, 'Then let's let 'er rip.'
KEN MACHA![]()
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co...
JIM VALVANO![]()
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co...
JIM VALVANO I once said Gazza's IQ was less than his shirt number and he asked me: "What's an IQ?"
GEORGE BEST![]()
So he enjoys a girl who stands up to him," Dad said once we all calmed down. "I like him more alread...
KIERA CASS![]()
Clarence Hurt was driving, and he got lost. “Does anyone know where the Post Office Building is?�...
BRYAN BURROUGH He asked me how many high school games I had coached. I told him it was around 780, and he said, 'I ...
FLOYD CIRUTI When I first saw him, he asked me if I had enjoyed it in Boston. I said, ?Yeah, you too.
ANDY MARTE I love the way he comes out for Davis Cup. He brings that energy, he likes the big stage and things ...
PATRICK MCENROE![]()
From Jeff Greenfield: "I once asked Elie Wiesel "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "An optimist,"...
ELIE WIESEL![]()
It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, asc...
MITCH ALBOM He said financial teaching. Since I asked him, I felt obligated to help him out with it.
DAVE ANTHONY![]()
The lay reaction is well summed up by the remark of an army officer. We had met socially and were ge...
CLYDE KLUCKHOHN He can choke up anybody. You know he's watching you, and once you hear him sniffing the way he does,...
PATRICK DAMRON I asked him how he was before he left after the last ballgame. He said he was fine, ... That's all t...
MIKE SHERMAN We asked him who the new coach might be, but he said he has no clue because they haven't posted (the...
ALONZO POWELL![]()
He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to ...
J.D. SALINGER Who shot him? I asked.
The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun...
DASHIELL HAMMETT When he called, I asked him if he believed it or not. I said he better tell somebody.
DOYLE DAVIDSON![]()
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co...
JIM VALVANO![]()
Don't get yourself killed."
"I'll do my best," said Kell, and then he was going.
"And come...
V.E. SCHWAB![]()
When I asked him how long he had been driving a taxi, he said, Dree mouse.
MIKE ROYKO That's the thing with Robert, if you ask him to do something, he does it until he's good at it. We a...
CHAD CLUVER [Bass didn't know what to think.] I asked him, 'Are you gonna give me a copy of that record?' ... He...
FRANK BASS He asked if the PD would sell him a used one or did I have one I would sell him. I asked him why the...
LUIS CORREA I'm definitely pleased with the way he ran. He went out with Davis who is one of the best runners in...
ANDY BRENDEL The other day, I wrote him and asked 'How's the air conditioning? Are you keeping cool when you're o...
DENISE JORGENSON![]()
Augustus," I said. "Really. You don't have to do this."
"Sure I do," he said. "I found my Wish....
JOHN GREEN I asked him, 'Dad, why didn't you just retreat and get out of there?'. He said, 'Well, we were Ameri...
GREG ROGERS![]()
Donneven," I said, in my best Monica imitation, and he laughed. "We're not talking about me."
"...
SARAH DESSEN I asked him if he would help. He said, 'I'm glad you're concerned,' and promised to speak to his fat...
CLARA TAYLOR Isaiah came to us and said 'I'm going to California this summer'. He asked us who the best trainer o...
JOSH PASTNER![]()
But this road doesn't go anywhere,” I told him.
“That doesn't matter.”
“What does?...
BRET EASTON ELLIS![]()
And later when we got into the car, he took a turn down a street that I was pretty sure was a dead e...
BRET EASTON ELLIS I've always lived a life where people have said, 'Look at him. Who does he think he is?'...
ED VICTOR It was no accident that one of the first things God asked of Adam was for him to name the animals he...
JOHN KRAMER![]()
Someone once asked, 'What's your best pickup line?' I said, 'My best pickup line is,...
HUGH HEFNER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The person I heard say it the best was Bum Phillips when they asked him about Earl Campbell. He said...
RON WOLF I asked him point blank if he had ever slept in bed with Michael Jackson. He said no.
IRENE PETERS I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS I asked him what the prognosis was. And he said that without medication, my life expectancy was abou...
ANDREA ADAMS![]()
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but his e...
LAERTIUS DIOGENES A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies...
ROBERT DUVALL![]()
Tom Ford, who is my all-time favourite, once said to me, 'Here's the thing about dress shirt...
ROB LOWE A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only t...
KENKO YOSHIDA A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only t...
KENKO YOSHIDA You know you can be the best choice for him, but then he does not know it.
HENANNIE ZARAGOZA![]()
Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?" asked Simon.
"...
CASSANDRA CLARE It's going to boil down to who lets him run track. He asked me once if anybody has ever won the Heis...
RON PEARSON I asked him straight out, and he said no. There have been so many rumors about that and other positi...
JAMES DALEY
MARCO KILLINGSWORTH Sammy played 38 minutes against their best player and never once [complained]. He did everything we ...
JERRY WAINWRIGHT
I am not the reincarnation of Sammy Davis Jr. NANCY CARTWRIGHT Anthony Davis knew who Dennis Winston was, ... When he tackled Anthony Davis, he went backwards. I a...
HAROLD HORTON He looks like Sammy Davis Jr. -- but he's a skeleton,
DANNY ELFMAN I asked David once, 'What does it look like downfield?' ... And he said, 'Dude, they're covered.'
STEVE MCKINNEY He knows,"I said. "I tell him everything"
"Does that go both ways?" he asked.
"Does what g...
MAUREEN JOHNSON Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball ...
ALFONSO SORIANO A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy D...
JAMES DARREN Someone once asked him, 'How many poets do you know there?' ... He said, 'Thank God, none.'
ANNE WRIGHT Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,...
GLADYS KNIGHT Mel: What's with you, kid? You think the death of Sammy Davis left an opening in the Rat Pack?
CLUELESS
Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.""I hope you told him you were bitten by a g...
CASSANDRA CLARE Once someone asked me three words that best describe me and I said 'Loud, Louder, and Loudest.
ANASTACIA
I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I... DEMETRI MARTIN He called in and said he was feeling bad. The trainer (Larry Davis) thought it was best he stayed at...
BOB GEREN I fought a boxer who everybody said I couldn't beat - Sugar Ray Leonard. They said he was faster...
ROBERTO DURAN
God I loved Sammy. I’d considered marrying him, but his wife got upset when I asked for his hand. DARYNDA JONES
Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to ... ADLAI E. STEVENSON II It's one thing to know Michael and Sammy were hotheaded, and it's another thing to know the things t...
PETER PARKER He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will no...
ARMY ARCHERD I have so many contacts all over the world.
ARMY ARCHERD It's not the kind of publishing we want to do. Further, we are supporters of the president.
ARMY ARCHERD [HOLLYWOOD, California (Variety) -- Nicolas Cage, who played twins in] Adaptation ... It's time for ...
ARMY ARCHERD Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, s...
BEATRICE LILLIE
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. ... MARY HARRIS JONES He asked me, 'Who are you?' I said, 'I don't know, can you please tell me who am I?' He had no answe...
TANMAYA GURU
A very unwise man once said, “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand... SHANNON L. ALDER I told director of my camp what he said, so he called him and gave him a couple of words. I asked my...
ALEXANDER BUNEGIN I asked him about it and he said I'd be a good fit.
ANDY KLINK He asked her to go to the movies with him. She said, 'Don't you know what my father does to boys who...
JOANNE HOFFMAN
People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down thi... DIONNE WARWICK
Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best,... KATE DICAMILLO He confronted my wife and she didn't deserve that. When my wife saw him, she asked him to leave and ...
HAL TURNER
where are we going?' I asked.'I don't know,' he said. 'just driving.'
'But this road does...
BRET EASTON ELLIS
Where are we going?" I asked"I don't know," he said. "Just driving."
"But this road doesn...
BRET EASTON ELLIS
The good thing about it is the cast covers his thumb but your fingers are out, ... He played extreme... JOE GIBBS He's the kind of player who we don't have anyone to guard him. With what he does, at his size.... He...
RICK BYRD He simply told me that they had decided to give the sponsorship to another company. I asked him (who...
DAVID KINSMAN I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS
I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for y... CONOR OBERST
He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him.... ERIN MORGENSTERN I asked, and the [official] told me it wasn't anything [Perry] said. He said he just didn't like the...
DAVID PYPER
He pointed at me and said, 'that one won't stand up.' The two policemen came near me and only one sp... ROSA PARKS
Men hate to lose. I beat my husband once at tennis. I asked him, "Will we ever make love again?" He ... RITA RUDNER Everybody else would take the chance to go to college. They look at the Marines as some hard-nosed s...
DALLAS BAKER I told him (Davis) to take it. I said 'You're open, you got to take it' and he turned down two or th...
BUD HENDRIX I asked him if he was fatigued or anything, ... He said, 'No,' so I said, 'Then let's let 'er rip.'
KEN MACHA
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co... JIM VALVANO
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co... JIM VALVANO I once said Gazza's IQ was less than his shirt number and he asked me: "What's an IQ?"
GEORGE BEST
So he enjoys a girl who stands up to him," Dad said once we all calmed down. "I like him more alread... KIERA CASS
Clarence Hurt was driving, and he got lost. “Does anyone know where the Post Office Building is?�... BRYAN BURROUGH He asked me how many high school games I had coached. I told him it was around 780, and he said, 'I ...
FLOYD CIRUTI When I first saw him, he asked me if I had enjoyed it in Boston. I said, ?Yeah, you too.
ANDY MARTE I love the way he comes out for Davis Cup. He brings that energy, he likes the big stage and things ...
PATRICK MCENROE
From Jeff Greenfield: "I once asked Elie Wiesel "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "An optimist,"... ELIE WIESEL
It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, asc... MITCH ALBOM He said financial teaching. Since I asked him, I felt obligated to help him out with it.
DAVE ANTHONY
The lay reaction is well summed up by the remark of an army officer. We had met socially and were ge... CLYDE KLUCKHOHN He can choke up anybody. You know he's watching you, and once you hear him sniffing the way he does,...
PATRICK DAMRON I asked him how he was before he left after the last ballgame. He said he was fine, ... That's all t...
MIKE SHERMAN We asked him who the new coach might be, but he said he has no clue because they haven't posted (the...
ALONZO POWELL
He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to ... J.D. SALINGER Who shot him? I asked.
The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun...
DASHIELL HAMMETT When he called, I asked him if he believed it or not. I said he better tell somebody.
DOYLE DAVIDSON
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co... JIM VALVANO
Don't get yourself killed.""I'll do my best," said Kell, and then he was going.
"And come...
V.E. SCHWAB
When I asked him how long he had been driving a taxi, he said, Dree mouse. MIKE ROYKO That's the thing with Robert, if you ask him to do something, he does it until he's good at it. We a...
CHAD CLUVER [Bass didn't know what to think.] I asked him, 'Are you gonna give me a copy of that record?' ... He...
FRANK BASS He asked if the PD would sell him a used one or did I have one I would sell him. I asked him why the...
LUIS CORREA I'm definitely pleased with the way he ran. He went out with Davis who is one of the best runners in...
ANDY BRENDEL The other day, I wrote him and asked 'How's the air conditioning? Are you keeping cool when you're o...
DENISE JORGENSON
Augustus," I said. "Really. You don't have to do this.""Sure I do," he said. "I found my Wish....
JOHN GREEN I asked him, 'Dad, why didn't you just retreat and get out of there?'. He said, 'Well, we were Ameri...
GREG ROGERS
Donneven," I said, in my best Monica imitation, and he laughed. "We're not talking about me.""...
SARAH DESSEN I asked him if he would help. He said, 'I'm glad you're concerned,' and promised to speak to his fat...
CLARA TAYLOR Isaiah came to us and said 'I'm going to California this summer'. He asked us who the best trainer o...
JOSH PASTNER
But this road doesn't go anywhere,” I told him.“That doesn't matter.”
“What does?...
BRET EASTON ELLIS
And later when we got into the car, he took a turn down a street that I was pretty sure was a dead e... BRET EASTON ELLIS I've always lived a life where people have said, 'Look at him. Who does he think he is?'...
ED VICTOR It was no accident that one of the first things God asked of Adam was for him to name the animals he...
JOHN KRAMER
Someone once asked, 'What's your best pickup line?' I said, 'My best pickup line is,... HUGH HEFNER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The person I heard say it the best was Bum Phillips when they asked him about Earl Campbell. He said...
RON WOLF I asked him point blank if he had ever slept in bed with Michael Jackson. He said no.
IRENE PETERS I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS I asked him what the prognosis was. And he said that without medication, my life expectancy was abou...
ANDREA ADAMS
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but his e... LAERTIUS DIOGENES A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies...
ROBERT DUVALL
Tom Ford, who is my all-time favourite, once said to me, 'Here's the thing about dress shirt... ROB LOWE A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only t...
KENKO YOSHIDA A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only t...
KENKO YOSHIDA You know you can be the best choice for him, but then he does not know it.
HENANNIE ZARAGOZA
Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?" asked Simon."...
CASSANDRA CLARE It's going to boil down to who lets him run track. He asked me once if anybody has ever won the Heis...
RON PEARSON I asked him straight out, and he said no. There have been so many rumors about that and other positi...
JAMES DALEY
