I have a face like the behind of an elephant.
Charles Laughton
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JACK DAVENPORT I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.
HERB CAEN I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
NOEL COWARD I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
NOëL COWARD I'm like an old elephant. I don't forget.
BOB CASULLO People like Charles Taylor who have committed crimes against this country must face justice before t...
KANJI DARAMY I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.
JACKIE KENNEDY A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.
JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant T...
ADRIAN BELEW He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
GEORGE ORWELL The school year progressed slowly. I felt as if I had been in the sixth grade for years, yet it was ...
LUCY GREALY Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant.
WILLIAM FAULKNER I feel like, if there's an elephant in the room, I'd really like to start off by introducing...
LOUIS THEROUX Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I A hurricane is kind of like an elephant -- it can go just about anywhere it pleases.
CLIFF LUSK I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.
JESSE BALL I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prin...
DONATELLA VERSACE The elephant ear was great. I figured I'd bring (my girlfriend) down as a surprise and get an elepha...
CHRIS STEPHENS You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK They can't censor the gleam in my eye.
CHARLES LAUGHTON They can't censor the gleam in my eye.
CHARLES LAUGHTON Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE Probably I'm boring, but I have a reason about it and I'm doing behind this, so take it, like it's a...
DEYTH BANGER Giving advice is like seeing an elephant in someone’s path and suggesting they remove it. Heeding ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH I make love like a snake disguised as an elephant and a donkey. But I mustn’t talk about sexual co...
DARK JAR TIN ZOO I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam?
ELIZABETH GASKELL Maybe it was serendipity to change from a monkey to an elephant. The elephant really seemed to stand...
JUDY HU I’ve seen too many intellectuals lately. I get very tired of the precious intellects who must spea...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Somebody once said that beauty is the passport to success, but it's not a passport. It's a visa and ...
, THE HUMAN FACE, 2001 I like Ray Charles, though.
KYLE NELSON I could have something like an encounter out there – a vicarious experience completely free of any...
DREW NELLINS SMITH It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sug...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I'm the rose within the concrete that simulates the struggle, yet the blossom reveals defeat.
THE WRITTEN FACE I like my stationery to be funnier, like, 'Here's my note, and it's an elephant with a l...
KATE SPADE An ant can't define shape of an elephant solely from its' point of view.
They have to unify all...
TOBA BETA I sit in the sky like a sphinx misunderstood; My heart of snow is wed to the whiteness of swans; I h...
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications.
, FROM ROBERT HEINLEIN'S "TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE" Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the...
AUDREY MEADOWS We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want...
PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world.
PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th...
ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ...
ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker.
ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.'
ZARA PHILLIPS
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CHARLES MONTESQUIEU The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.
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CHARLES MORGAN Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himse...
CHARLES BUXTON