'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two w...
ELVIS COSTELLO Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; it's a really stupid thing to want to do.
ELVIS COSTELLO My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
ELVIS COSTELLO And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write ...
ELVIS COSTELLO I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.
ELVIS COSTELLO I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strateg...
ELVIS COSTELLO I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going...
ELVIS COSTELLO Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
ELVIS COSTELLO Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.
ELVIS COSTELLO Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's a really stupid thing to want to do
ELVIS COSTELLO Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting th...
ELVIS COSTELLO People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. ...
ELVIS COSTELLO I hear they're givin' you a bad reputation
just because you've never been denied.
You try ...
ELVIS COSTELLO I find humming is very useful.
ELVIS COSTELLO When I Was Cruel.
ELVIS COSTELLO It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to s...
ELVIS COSTELLO We were really looking for a fresh sound, and I think you can hear that with the use of electronics ...
ELVIS COSTELLO There was not a lot of rock n' roll in the house. Our parents didn't think it was very groov...
ELVIS COSTELLO We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justific...
ELVIS COSTELLO I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious re...
ELVIS COSTELLO I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.
ELVIS COSTELLO Seems to me, that the worlds are moving closer together rather than one invading the other. I believ...
ELVIS COSTELLO The words that are being spoken are serious, whether you take them at face value or listen to them a...
ELVIS COSTELLO We have to speak up now,
ELVIS COSTELLO When the media attention switches away from this story onto the next thing that happens in the world...
ELVIS COSTELLO The songs will tell a story that I have imagined existing between the lines of Andersen's biography ...
ELVIS COSTELLO I've been asked to sing and that's what I do. People come (to this event) for all the right reasons.
ELVIS COSTELLO Then I recalled that Andersen belongs to the world,
ELVIS COSTELLO I just hope we keep in our minds that an effort like this can never be too expensive.
ELVIS COSTELLO It would be a surprise if people thought I would be playing a lot of rock 'n' roll.
ELVIS COSTELLO [Commercial radio] is owned by one or two corporations now, and they're not in the music business. T...
ELVIS COSTELLO Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
ELVIS COSTELLO Oh, I know that she's disgusted,
cause she's feeling so abused.
She gets tired of the lust...
ELVIS COSTELLO Oh, I said 'I'm so happy, I could die.'
She said 'Drop dead,' then left with another guy.
ELVIS COSTELLO It's a breath you took too late.
It's a death that's worse than fate.
ELVIS COSTELLO No use wishing now for any other sin.
ELVIS COSTELLO I don't wanna be a lover,
I just wanna be your victim.
ELVIS COSTELLO There's a girl in this dress,
there's always a girl in distress.
ELVIS COSTELLO She's no angel.
He's no saint.
ELVIS COSTELLO So you take her to the pictures,
trying to become a fixture.
Inch by inch trying to reach ...
ELVIS COSTELLO But it's easier to say 'I love you',
than 'Yours, sincerely' I suppose.
ELVIS COSTELLO I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I've tended to ti...
ELVIS COSTELLO Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.
ELVIS COSTELLO But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.
ELVIS COSTELLO And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it o...
ELVIS COSTELLO I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.
ELVIS COSTELLO Life for me is about movement.
ELVIS COSTELLO Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing.
ELVIS COSTELLO Women hear rhythm differently than men.
ELVIS COSTELLO Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds pe...
ELVIS COSTELLO I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.
ELVIS COSTELLO People tend to repeat the same quotes at me that I said when I was 23. And of course, you say things...
ELVIS COSTELLO There's no such thing as an original sin.
ELVIS COSTELLO Songs are more powerful than books.
ELVIS COSTELLO The State of Israel has faced obstacles and challenges to its very survival, with conventional milit...
JERRY COSTELLO Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.
JERRY COSTELLO With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved...
JERRY COSTELLO This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure ...
JERRY COSTELLO Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with s...
JERRY COSTELLO We have an extensive system of highways, ports, locks and dams, and airports.
JERRY COSTELLO The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 completely crippled our Pacific Fleet.
JERRY COSTELLO Everyone's competing for these drivers, and these drivers are jumping from company to company. In th...
BOB COSTELLO Despite our challenges, I think the industry is doing pretty well. The outlook for next year is soli...
BOB COSTELLO The girls could be okay. We're still looking for runners 5, 6 and 7.
BOB COSTELLO Ryan Thorn was having a good year (in 2004) going until he was hurt.
BOB COSTELLO Carriers have a little more market power than they've had in quite some time. And they can call the ...
BOB COSTELLO I wanted to write for someone who had real pipes. She can sing.
BOB COSTELLO The America night. It was better because I was with my wife. How can you beat that? ... Listening to...
BOB COSTELLO We're a work in progress. We'll get better with experience.
BOB COSTELLO We are now at a critical point for the industry in terms of fuel prices. The industry was coping wit...
BOB COSTELLO You can't expect any industry to increase every single month. When you get a string of five straight...
BOB COSTELLO In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage all Members of the House to support legislation aimed ...
JERRY COSTELLO Vermont is not known for gated communities.
PAUL COSTELLO Our permit expired and we were told that we needed to be off the Green. They issued threats that we ...
CHRIS COSTELLO That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted.
LOU COSTELLO I went and looked out my door and he's got a big old brick banging and smashing my windshield in and...
LOU COSTELLO Abbott: Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on thir...
LOU COSTELLO The team showed great resilience. They had to come back twice really, once after the first half and ...
DENNIS COSTELLO One hundred percent of the donations are applied to the reconstruction. No administrative costs and ...
MIKE COSTELLO This is a bit of a heavy trip for a guy from South Porcupine.
MURRAY COSTELLO It was probably the toughest team we've played all year. It was a good game, but it really showed so...
MIKE COSTELLO Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway sy...
JERRY COSTELLO This can be used for new traffic lights or sidewalks or a whole variety of things.
STEVE COSTELLO In productions such as 'Anna Bolena' and 'Rigoletto,' the costumes are tailored, and...
STEPHEN COSTELLO When I first did 'Moby,' I didn't realize how taxing it would be. I was climbing fifty f...
STEPHEN COSTELLO Since 2000, we have lost 2.7 million manufacturing jobs, of which 500,000 jobs were in high-tech ind...
JERRY COSTELLO The Internet is now beginning to have new avenues of access within the People's Republic of China. W...
PAUL COSTELLO The whole idea that started this program was to get people out of harm's way.
PAUL COSTELLO We will be in a very tough position if the request is not supported by the voters. There is no way t...
PAUL COSTELLO The FIRB could not come to an agreed position and presented two alternatives, ... with one alternati...
PETER COSTELLO He was a wonderful human being. As powerful as he was, he acted like he was your neighbor next door....
RYAN COSTELLO Guys figured, why be out on the road for three weeks when they could swing a hammer during the day, ...
BOB COSTELLO Increasing demand in East Asia can be met from Australian interests, the Middle East or projects bei...
PETER COSTELLO I did not find this an easy decision, ... In fact it is one of the hardest decisions one could ever ...
PETER COSTELLO I do lead in this country
PETER COSTELLO He got a tax cut of $100,000 and you only got $1.
PETER COSTELLO the suggestion that this Parliament should pass a new tax law so that the taxpayer picks up some of ...
PETER COSTELLO Exports have been disappointing. Higher petrol prices and a waning of the housing boom contributed t...
PETER COSTELLO In the Year 2525, if man is still alive...
PETER COSTELLO It is in Australia's interests that we promote it in preference to other areas,
PETER COSTELLO The deadline cannot be extended past April 24, when he will announce his decision,
PETER COSTELLO Inflation in Australia remains moderate,
PETER COSTELLO Credit for housing has moderated substantially,
PETER COSTELLO As the world economy has changed, so too, these institutions must change,
PETER COSTELLO These are very latency-sensitive applications. It's very different than checking e-mail. Users are n...
CHRIS COSTELLO We've been in a chronic situation here where supplies have not really caught up with demand.
DAVE COSTELLO Rand, Huxley, Orwell, and Bradbury foresaw much of today’s dystopian world: its spiritual and mora...
JEF COSTELLO Senator Sherry claimed $300 to stay with his mum at Opossum Bay.
PETER COSTELLO What have the Americans ever done for us?
PETER COSTELLO These wage costs show that there are real wage increases going on in the community, but they are res...
PETER COSTELLO part of the Western tradition of individual rights. If you don’t like those values, then don’t c...
PETER COSTELLO Well, actually, Neil, let's be precise, it is all there on the record, but expect [it] to be misrepr...
PETER COSTELLO But in the end the decision was mine and I made it.
PETER COSTELLO You don't know that and I don't know that!
MICHELE COSTELLO The Kellogg-Hubbard Library faces serious financial challenges. We realize we are bringing our reque...
PAUL COSTELLO Australia is a secular state and any Muslim immigrant who cannot accept that should leave.
PETER COSTELLO Unlike war or famine, there are no pictures of devastation or bloodshed with this water crisis.
TIM COSTELLO We look at parents as partners. We're partners in working towards their kids' success. The last thin...
CAROL COSTELLO By the state, by what the state would say, we could easily double or triple that, if we went after t...
CAROL COSTELLO It was out of character for him to do this. He just kept saying that he had a surprise for us tomorr...
CAROL COSTELLO They pretty much gutted the bill.
DIANE COSTELLO We don't have a lot in our toolbox to begin with as far as economic development tools. This one, eve...
DIANE COSTELLO The competition that this bill would provide is healthy for the marketplace and will clearly benefit...
DIANE COSTELLO You'll be hard-pressed to find a chamber of commerce that does not support retaining this. It's a po...
DIANE COSTELLO I told them not to worry. Last year we had four minutes to come back. This year, we had 40. I though...
DENNIS COSTELLO It came down to that they had two chances and they scored on them. Give them their due. We might hav...
DENNIS COSTELLO Jessica made some great saves, keeping us in the game there. They had a lot of pressure on us, but d...
DENNIS COSTELLO I thought our defense played really well, and Jessica made some great stops. I'm sure they're all di...
DENNIS COSTELLO Population growth and development place additional stress on the Nation's water infrastructure a...
JERRY COSTELLO We're on a tight timeline. We need to know what our costs will be if we're to bid on flying for Nort...
ELIZABETH COSTELLO We're still hoping to achieve a consensual agreement.
ELIZABETH COSTELLO We are still hoping to reach a consensual agreement, however we do not believe the unions have the r...
ELIZABETH COSTELLO But even with the 19.4 percent reduction, we know we are not the lowest bidder for the Northwest bus...
ELIZABETH COSTELLO Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to s...
JERRY COSTELLO I knew if we did what we had been working on we'd get there, but we only did it for one quarter.
DANNY COSTELLO I got caught on the boards and Devin (Smith) picked up the puck. I stayed at my post and he hit me t...
DANNY COSTELLO I think it's an honor to win this.
DANNY COSTELLO Any time we play Peregrines they lift their game and they would dearly love to beat us, so we have t...
DANNY COSTELLO It will probably hover around $1.50 a gallon, and remain pretty flat for the summer. But I can see t...
DAVE COSTELLO We think it's going to be a pretty tight market. A lot depends on how fast production gets back on l...
DAVE COSTELLO A husband is what's left of a sweetheart after the nerve has been killed.
LOU COSTELLO A.J. played really well today. He's an unbelievable hitter, and he was great on the mound today.
CLAIR COSTELLO We started to wake up a bit. We weren't doing things right at the beginning, but we got patient and ...
CLAIR COSTELLO Sure, we're disappointed to lose. But (making) the final 16 isn't so bad.
CLAIR COSTELLO We were 19-3 in summer league, so it's not like we didn't know we were good. No one else thought ver...
CLAIR COSTELLO I'm not sure what it was, exactly. We played hard, and I thought some guys played really well. We we...
CLAIR COSTELLO We don't really know anything about Sherwood aside from they're a number 1 (seed), so they're obviou...
CLAIR COSTELLO We ran with them in the first half, which we weren't supposed to do. It was up and down, Sisters put...
CLAIR COSTELLO We can't let them shoot the threes on us like last time. But these kids don't want to lose anymore, ...
CLAIR COSTELLO We were supposed to be last, or second to last. Our guys took that to heart, and knew we were better...
CLAIR COSTELLO This is a huge win for us. We had to get Anthony back into the game. We needed that experience and w...
CLAIR COSTELLO We've done a much better job of locking down e-mail. People are turning to instant messaging as the ...
FRANCIS COSTELLO IM is inherently new to a lot of people, ... There is big gap between regular users and those who fe...
FRANCIS COSTELLO [Although some IM attacks are becoming more innovative, most worms of this type are] kind of crude t...
FRANCIS COSTELLO We've done a much better job of locking down e-mail, ... People are turning to instant messaging as ...
FRANCIS COSTELLO You started to see people publish threat vectors, you started to see multiple mutation viruses and t...
FRANCIS COSTELLO I don't think anybody's going to comment until they've had a chance to interview the crew.
HARRY COSTELLO It was literally a miracle. There was no other ship in the area ... able to pick up the crew.
HARRY COSTELLO It's all going to depend on the conditions ... but certainly one could survive quite a length of tim...
HARRY COSTELLO Over 85 percent of all health plans' costs are governed by provider contracts. Without Guardian, hea...
MALCOLM COSTELLO The damage was devastating. A lot of places still don't have electricity. Most stores were closed, c...
LORRAINE COSTELLO The figures are really conservative estimates.
LARRY COSTELLO It's an opportunity for consumers to find deals and specials beyond the holidays. Events such as the...
LARRY COSTELLO I am very happy to have Roberto focused on our technology foundation. His contributions will keep ou...
JOE COSTELLO Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.
ELVIS PRESLEY People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.
ELVIS PRESLEY Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.
ELVIS PRESLEY No actor has made a career of exerting determination to the extent that Matt Damon has. In the '...
ELVIS MITCHELL Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.
ELVIS PRESLEY There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out.
ELVIS PRESLEY I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to ge...
ELVIS PRESLEY I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.
ELVIS PRESLEY The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more year...
ELVIS PRESLEY The army teaches boys to think like men.
ELVIS PRESLEY Man, I really like Vegas.
ELVIS PRESLEY I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.
ELVIS PRESLEY The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, pu...
ELVIS PRESLEY I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigare...
ELVIS PRESLEY A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and o...
ELVIS PRESLEY I never expected to be anybody important.
ELVIS PRESLEY Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundre...
ELVIS PRESLEY Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.
ELVIS PRESLEY When Bruce Lee gets his cameo in 'The Green Hornet' - as one of the drawings in Kato's n...
ELVIS MITCHELL One of the best things Gwyneth Paltrow has done in years was her mesmerized, good-sport cameo in a &...
ELVIS MITCHELL The documentary 'Certifiably Jonathan' has engrossing moments in it. How can it not? It'...
ELVIS MITCHELL Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
ELVIS PRESLEY The road back from degradation begins with self-awareness - and sometimes, as in 'Phone Booth,&#...
ELVIS MITCHELL The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it...
ELVIS PRESLEY Animals don't hate, and we're supposed to be better than them.
ELVIS PRESLEY Ah just act the way ah feel.
ELVIS PRESLEY I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
ELVIS PRESLEY Muhammad Ali inside the ring and Muhammad Ali outside the ring were totally different men; his abras...
ELVIS MITCHELL I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.
ELVIS PRESLEY Mike Mignola's 'Hellboy' comics have a drizzly, musty gothic ambience - the same fetid a...
ELVIS MITCHELL The title 'Spirited Away' could refer to what Disney has done on a corporate level to the re...
ELVIS MITCHELL Mr. Miyazaki's specialty is taking a primal wish of kids, transporting them to a fantasyland, an...
ELVIS MITCHELL If Mr. Chan ever makes another movie like 'The Tuxedo,' it's American audiences that wil...
ELVIS MITCHELL What makes 'Pootie Tang' the motion picture enjoyable is its no-brow ambitions; it's a j...
ELVIS MITCHELL I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public a...
ELVIS PRESLEY Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
ELVIS PRESLEY