Famous Guy Quotations

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"I know a guy who had his doctor say, 'Take some weight off, go to a health club.' The man lost 20 pounds in one week! The machine tore his leg off!"
by Henny Youngman
"A tough guy told me, 'I'll bet you $10 you're dead.' I was afraid to bet him."
by Henny Youngman
"A Polish guy locked his keys in the car. It took an hour to get his wife out."
by Henny Youngman
"A guy says, 'I'm so old that I forgot how old I am.' An old woman says, 'I'll tell you how old you are. Take off your clothes and bend over.' The man does this. The woman says, 'You're seventy four.' The man says, 'How can you tell?' The woman says, 'You "
by Henny Youngman
"A guy complains of a headache. Another guy says, 'Do what I do. I put my head on my wife's bosom, and the headache goes away.' The next day, the man says, 'Did you do what I told you to?' 'Yes, I sure did. By the way, you have a nice house!'"
by Henny Youngman
"A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one"
by Guy Maupassant
"The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks."
by Rupert Murdoch
"The guy guarding Darrell gets hung up in all that confusion, so (Mitchell) is able to break free for a count, and he was playing so well tonight that you can't give him that kind of room."
by John Brady
"The photo we presented is proof of what we've been saying because it shows military intelligence and civilian intelligence where this activity is taking place."
by Guy Womack
"The roster of Nobel Peace Prize winners, though it has some strange people on it from time to time, tends to feature folks who fought for social justice in a nonviolent and constructive way somehow."
by Guy Burgess
"There's been plenty of adversity, starting the moment he was born. He had a respiratory crisis, and it was touch and go for a week whether he would survive. I think ever since, you can feel this pulse in the guy, an almost physical enthusiasm."
by James Taylor
"We love the guy to death. He's a great coach and a great mind. He's done so much for this defense and helped us out tremendously with his wisdom and knowledge. When he puts together a game plan we feel like, if we execute it, we have a great chance to win the game."
by James Farrior
"We're not unique. We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie."
by Guy Ritchie
"You know...that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum -- a canvas -- a piece of film -- or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something -- that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you."
by Edward Steichen
"You always want your players to get something, especially a guy of his magnitude and his determination and with his competitive nature. He's earned it, he's deserved a shot and an opportunity, which is why I didn't take him out of that game [Saturday]."
by Anonymous
"You say: If you sign an NDA, I'll tell you my idea. Investor thinks: You are clueless. How can you not know that venture capitalists don't sign NDAs?"
by Guy Kawasaki
"You say: I'm bright and ambitious. Investor thinks: That's a relief because I usually invest in stupid and lazy people."
by Guy Kawasaki
"You never think that giving up two home runs to the same guy helped you get in the Hall of Fame. But ... that's what might have happened."
by Bruce Sutter
"Baseball is not like football or basketball, ... There are 27 outs to get and whichever team is best suited to get those 27 outs, to control that tempo, is going to be there at the end. We've gotten a huge lift from Chacon and Wright and I still believe in my heart of hearts the big guy is going to be dynamite for us down the stretch."
by Joe Torre
"He liked to shoot guns and ride motorcycles. You know, typical guy stuff."
by Susan Jackson
"He was settling for some shots I thought. As a defender, you hope he does that. But he got it going in the fourth quarter. A guy like that is just going to keep forcing the issue until he finds it, and you've just got to hold on."
by Raja Bell
"He deserves it. Four years this is his fourth year and he'll finally get his first (NHL) game. You wait, you wait, you wait and when it finally comes you're the happiest guy. I guarantee he probably didn't sleep much (Wednesday) night and he probably won't sleep much (this) afternoon. He'll play on pure adrenaline and he'll do just fine."
by Alain Nasreddine
"I hate a macho sort who doesn't cry. They have to be a bit sensitive, don't they? One guy even said to me at a pub, Do you come here often? Thats an awful line."
by Emma Bunton
"I think it's terrific. I'm so happy for him that he's worked so hard to get himself back into a condition to play and compete at this level. That, in and of itself, is a testament to the type of guy that he is. So we're ecstatic that's he's participating."
by Mike Sullivan
"I remember two years ago a bunch of us went out on the boat and it was my birthday. We had a great time out there. That's the little things you miss. Johnny was a great person. He was the first guy to step in front of the media when things weren't right, when things were right."
by Anonymous
"I have never been around a guy who has a better memory. Gil remembers everything."
by Anonymous
"If you're a Republican governor or aspiring governor, what you learned from this is that opposition to a spending limit destroys a political career - this guy stood in front of a train."
by Grover Norquist
"Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people."
by Lee Iacocca
"My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple."
by John Lennon
"Reagan was a deeply spiritual guy. We did not get to see a lot of his spirituality, but it was there and it was the common thread, the fabric of who he was."
by Tim Watkins
"Pete and his crew saved the Skylab. He was one hell of a guy,"
by Tom Stafford
"Once again, Piazza is an attractive, nice guy. The sex-symbol stuff does count with women."
by Maurice Carroll
"Is this guy worthy of our trust?"
by Jim Greenwood
"One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider."
by Damon Runyon
"It's pretty amazing, the type of players that he's compared to. Names that you've heard your whole life, and he's putting up those types of numbers. ... He's the type of guy who has that ability, and has a good work ethic and it shows out on the field."
by Jeff Suppan
"No anger on my behalf and I don't think there's none on Bill's. I just think obviously he just feels that I don't fit into the scheme the way he wants me to fit, or I'm not that guy he's looking for."
by Greg Ellis
"It finally seems to have dawned on some of the England players that, if they are to beat the likes of Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Italy in a World cup, they need an iron manager to forge them into a team, not a nice guy to massage their inflated egos. The gooey love affair between coaches and players is coming to its inevitable end. Does Eriksson have answers? There are times when you have to wonder if this vague, distant albeit charming figure is really all that interested in finding them."
by Jeff Powell
"I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile."
by Buddy Guy
"I've told them, it's their team. Warren has shown signs of being a major factor. He had success when the teams weren't big, strong and physical. If he's going to have a great senior year, he needs to get his legs stronger, become more physical and make a commitment in the weight room. And he probably needs to get in the gym and take extra jump shots to be a consistent pick-and-pop guy."
by Bruce Weber
"If some guy says he's going into the priesthood, girls look at him like he's a pervert."
by John Cooney
"If what you are claiming is true, I would have shouted it from the rooftops. I would have gone to the authorities, the FBI, the police, the Democratic (Party) anybody that would listen. I wouldn't depend on one guy with the Department of Transportation."
by Alan Colmes
"He's a character. But when he gets on the field, he turns into a man. This guy is a beast. I love being around him. He talks trash, but that's all right because he can see stuff coming before it happens."
by Marcus Tubbs
"I think it's heroic and laudable and praiseworthy. I'm proud to work with a guy who would do something like that. It's a cliche at this point, but we are human beings first, and if you are the only thing standing between another human being's life or death, you really don't have much of a decision to make."
by Jon Klein
"I can't tell you how happy I am for D.J. and how thankful I am that his senior season came out the way it did. I love to see a guy rewarded for loyalty and a guy just doing things right in life. I'm thrilled to death for him and just thankful things have worked out well for him."
by Mark Richt
"It was a funny situation, ... My son was born and as the nurse yelled out the time of birth -- 7:05 p.m. -- everybody started chuckling, which I couldn't understand. Then someone said it was happening around the same time the puck was being dropped in our game [against Montreal] at the Air Canada Centre. I guess I'll have to get the little guy a stick."
by Darcy Tucker
"General Barker was a guy that was kind of larger than life."
by Bruce Gombar
"I find myself having these conversations where I go...ââ?¬Å?You know, the guy, in that place. The guy in the place with the thing, you know.ââ?¬Â And it becomes this game of charades. And then finally, we realize that I mean the Pope."
by Dave Barry
"He is just a gem of a guy. A fabulous sense of humor."
by Bruce Hensley
"He is a bulldog. He is a three-pitch guy, and what impresses me is his ability to work both sides of the plate."
by Rick Kranitz
"Every guy in my family has had something to do with the parade. We've all had a piece of the parade."
by John Clancy
"He was a very personally attractive, excited, and thoughtful guy who cared about a wide range of science. When I first heard there was a question about his work, it came as a very great surprise to me."
by David Baltimore
"He was a guy who really liked Sinatra, stuck at this alternative-rock radio station, ... So we had the character record his own versions of these (alternative) songs. That was the original inspiration for Cheese."
by Jonathan Davis
"He was a great big garrulous guy who was very serious about his politics and very serious about Ronald Reagan. He was sort of the keeper of the flame."
by Michael Deaver
"A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce."
by Don Quinn
"A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'. Frequently, crashes are followed with a message like 'ID 02'. 'ID' is an abbreviation for idiosyncrasy and the number that follows indicates how many more months of testing the product should have had."
by Guy Kawasaki
"A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'."
by Guy Kawasaki
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians."
by Frank Zappa
"A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. 'Hear that?' you say. 'That's dynamite, baby.'"
by Anonymous
"A guy walked into a bar. He was treated for minor injuries."
by Anonymous
"A lot of times when a guy is out who's their best player, it's a proving ground. It's an opportunity for others to show, and that's what they did. We obviously couldn't get enough done."
by Lawrence Frank
"A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate."
by Guy Lafleur
"A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally."
by Anthony LaPaglia
"a real cool guy."
by Kobe Bryant
"All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.'"
by Mickey Lolich
"An actor's a guy, who if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening"
by Marlon Brando
"An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him ain't listening."
by Marlon Brando
"An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience."
by Donald R. Perry Marquis
"Around 5th and 6th grade I thought Dean Martin was the coolest guy in the world; he was a great singer, had his own television show and acted in movies."
by Peter Gallagher
"Beanie I have a wife and kids. Do I seem like a happy guy to you, Frank"
by Old School
"Benjamin Hey, who wants Chinese Takeout I know a great place Wayne I'll have the cream of sum yung guy."
by Wayne---@---s World
"Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity."
by Guy Laliberte
"Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in order to secure this hard-won freedom for future generations."
by Guy Verhofstadt
"Boulez seemed to me to be a guy who wrote laws. Like a company lawyer."
by Luc Ferrari
"But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor."
by Ray Walston
"But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second."
by Vince Lombardi
"Celibacy is not hereditary."
by Guy Goden
"Chris Carter is just a fantastic guy, I have enjoyed working for him, immensely. I loved this character. I don't think I can say enough about Chris. It's just a fantastic thing that he's created and I'm so thrilled that I've been a part of it. I'm very grateful."
by Robert Patrick
"Clint Eastwood. Here's a guy who's been involved in so many movies, lots of them masterpieces, and now he's a director. I just like everything I know about him. He's very decisive, he makes up his mind real quick."
by Bobby Farrelly
"Eric Draven It's not a good day to be a bad guy."
by Crow, The
"Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex and more broad and more interesting, and have more sides to them."
by Michael Vartan
"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up -- from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's OK You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second."
by Vince Lombardi
"Everyone wants to get started and get moving forward for the next year. The more time it takes, the more they feel like they're getting behind. Particularly when other teams make choices by hiring coaches and they don't want to be the last guy standing."
by Romeo Crennel
"Fishing gives you a sense of where you fit in the sceme of things - Your place in the universe...I, mean, here I am, one small guy with a fishing pole on this vast beach and out there in the blue expanse of ocean are these hundreds of millions of fish...laughing at me."
by Unknown
"For him to bring the amount of energy he did [Sunday] you're counting on a guy who's been in the league 17 years that speaks volumes about the type of person and player he is. He's been tremendous for us. He's given us a great spark."
by Lawrence Frank
"For years, I've been wondering what could happen to nuclear submarines when they dive and disappear from the surface of the earth for months, without a trace. No one really knows where they are."
by Guy Hamilton
"Frank Well, uh I guess I, deep down, am feeling a little confused. I mean, suddenly, you get married, and you're supposed to be this entirely different guy. I don't feel different. I mean, take yesterday for example. We were out at the Olive Garden for dinner, which was lovely. And uh, I happen to look over at a certain point during the meal and see a waitress taking an order, and I found myself wondering what color her underpants might be. Her panties. Uh, odds are they are probably basic white, cotton, underpants. But I sort of think well maybe they're silk panties, maybe it's a thong. Maybe it's something really cool that I don't even know about. You know, and uh, and I started feeling... what what I thought we were in the trust tree in the nest, were we not"
by Old School
"Gerry Ford is a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off."
by Lyndon Baines Johnson
"Happy During high school, I played junior hockey and still hold two league records most time spent in the penalty box and I was the only guy to ever take off his skate and try to stab somebody."
by Happy Gilmore
"Haven't you learned anything from that guy that gives those sermons in church? Captain What's-his-name. We live in a society of laws, why do you think I took you to see all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well I didn't hear anybody laughing! Did you"
by Haven't you learned anything from that guy that gives those sermons in church? Captain What'shisname. We live in a society of laws why do you think I took you to see all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well I didn't hear anybody laughing! Did you
"He flipped the switch and took over our team, ... It�´s fun to have a mature guy who�´s not (just) surviving at quarterback. He�´s getting better every play."
by Mack Brown
"He's been a workhorse, a guy that's always answered the bell. He (Blaylock) didn't run a whole bunch (against Miami). Right now, it looks like he will run a lot."
by Herman Edwards
"Hell, we spent $200 Billion to get a scared guy who needed a shave out of a fox-hole! And he may even die of prostate cancer before we even get a chance to try him, dammit!"
by Ted Turner
"He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch."
by Unknown
"How can a guy hit and think at the same time"
by Lawrence Peter Berra
"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."
by James Cameron
"I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy."
by Richard Feynman
"I don't really want to win races like that. That doesn't take a whole bunch of talent to knock a guy out of the way. Racing tight is one thing, but to get a run in the middle of the corner and get the guy's bumper all at once - it is what it is."
by Greg Biffle
"I get the Reese's candy bar, If you read it, there's an apostrophe. The candy bar is his. I didn't know that. Next time your eating a Reese's and some guy named Reese comes up to you and says let me have that. You better give it to him. I'm sorry Reece, I didn't think I would ever run into you."
by Mitch Hedberg
"I enjoyed playing around with that guy, and it was a pleasure every three, four years, coming back seeing how the wardrobe is. Is he heavy? Is he thin? I had fun."
by Burt Young
"I jumped high out of the dugout. The guy knows how to play."
by Johnny Damon


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