Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business.
ISAAC HAYES I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchest...
ISAAC HAYES I love music.
ISAAC HAYES Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.
ISAAC HAYES Just, you know, you can't put bread in a cold oven. You know, you've got to take your time. ...
ISAAC HAYES The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tel...
ISAAC HAYES Know the business, learn the business, own something.
ISAAC HAYES All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. ...
ISAAC HAYES I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go ...
ISAAC HAYES I used to stand in front of the mic and cry.
ISAAC HAYES Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because mus...
ISAAC HAYES I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and ever...
ISAAC HAYES I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.
ISAAC HAYES There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and ...
ISAAC HAYES I've been around a long time, and when I was at the top of the hill, I was very ahead of my time...
ISAAC HAYES A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that l...
ISAAC HAYES There's something about live players that you cannot get with machines: With live musicians, you...
ISAAC HAYES There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how...
ISAAC HAYES Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
ISAAC HAYES Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.
ISAAC HAYES If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.
ISAAC HAYES Thanks for saving me from the drive Shaft!
ISAAC HAYES It wasn't authorized. He didn't get permission.
ISAAC HAYES It's a very exciting and validating experience to be recognized ... along with all those giants of t...
ISAAC HAYES Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music i...
ISAAC HAYES It was just one of those things in history that you did the right thing at the right time.
ISAAC HAYES I felt what I had to say musically could not be said in two minutes and thirty seconds, ... So I did...
ISAAC HAYES I like to see how people responded, ... I liked that. It was a big validation.
ISAAC HAYES His Eye Is on the Sparrow.
ISAAC HAYES Guys, you got it [Scientology] all wrong. We're not like that.
ISAAC HAYES Ultimate Isaac Hayes ? Can You Dig It?
ISAAC HAYES There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and ...
ISAAC HAYES He was cool before it was cool to be cool, 'American Masters' creator and executive producer Susan L...
ISAAC HAYES Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you'r...
ISAAC HAYES Shaft.
ISAAC HAYES I'm delighted to be a part of this national celebration. Rock 'n' roll began in Memphis, and the cit...
ISAAC HAYES Hey, let me tell you I worked years to achieve artistic excellence, ... and then all of a sudden, I ...
ISAAC HAYES I was sick. I guess I was about to crack up thinking about all my good buddies. They were better men...
IRA HAYES The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.
IRA HAYES I am blessed beyond belief.
HUNTER HAYES Paralyze resistance with persistence.
WOODY HAYES The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.
HELEN HAYES Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their...
HELEN HAYES Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.
HELEN HAYES Stardom can be a gilded slavery.
HELEN HAYES The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, a...
HELEN HAYES Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.
HELEN HAYES There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'...
HELEN HAYES Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born...
HELEN HAYES The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not importan...
HELEN HAYES I cry out for order and find it only in art.
HELEN HAYES Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.
HELEN HAYES I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this ...
HELEN HAYES When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.
HELEN HAYES The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps...
HELEN HAYES One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.
HELEN HAYES From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when boo...
HELEN HAYES Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the ...
HELEN HAYES Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, howe...
HELEN HAYES The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.
HELEN HAYES I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my b...
HUNTER HAYES I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older,...
HUNTER HAYES Language is always burdened by thought.
TERRANCE HAYES I was so sad that 'Best Friends Forever' got cancelled. I thought it was a great show and NB...
ERINN HAYES The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called pl...
WOODY HAYES Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country...
HUNTER HAYES Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country...
HUNTER HAYES The story of a love is not important -- what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perh...
HELEN HAYES There is only one terminal dignity -- love.
HELEN HAYES I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. A...
WOODY HAYES Anyone reading contemporary poetry - especially contemporary African-American poetry - will quickly ...
TERRANCE HAYES Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with th...
HELEN HAYES If you rest, you rust.
HELEN HAYES No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
IRA HAYES Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
WOODY HAYES If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach ...
JUDITH HAYES Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast G...
ROBIN HAYES Those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them, or selectively lo...
CHRIS HAYES I hope people half my age and twice my age will listen to my music - I want it to live forever and f...
HUNTER HAYES On our first date, all Anne wanted to talk about was Bob Feller, the new pitcher for the Cleveland I...
WOODY HAYES People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admira...
HELEN HAYES My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion b...
HUNTER HAYES I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stu...
HUNTER HAYES Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What end...
HUNTER HAYES I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything.
HUNTER HAYES I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
IRA HAYES Saddam Hussein and people like him were very much involved in 9/11.
ROBIN HAYES When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.
ROBIN HAYES Liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.
ROBIN HAYES We in the majority have worked hard to empower people to create opportunities, to make jobs, to do t...
ROBIN HAYES The Internet was developed in large part by U.S. government research funding to develop new communic...
ROBIN HAYES One of the great joys this year and the year before has been how all of the people in this body, men...
ROBIN HAYES I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in.
ROBIN HAYES With over 1 billion users and counting worldwide, the Internet has quickly become a critical place f...
ROBIN HAYES Today the Internet is run by private sector interests within the United States under the supervision...
ROBIN HAYES If anyone has it rough at Guantanamo, it is the guards. They are constantly harassed and threatened ...
ROBIN HAYES As we are all aware, Special Operations Forces, SOF, are playing an increasingly essential role as w...
ROBIN HAYES What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding ...
ROBIN HAYES So, yes, we do celebrate America today because the majority will stand up and empower the American p...
ROBIN HAYES My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural are...
ROBIN HAYES As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead...
ROBIN HAYES North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's milita...
ROBIN HAYES Childhood is a short season.
HELEN HAYES Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
WOODY HAYES I believe when you meet the right person it clicks, and you both know and you start making it work, ...
HUNTER HAYES Age is not important unless you're a cheese.
HELEN HAYES We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
HELEN HAYES We had a cat in college named Chloe, and it was the most evil, awful cat in the world... When we lef...
SEAN HAYES I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines.
SEAN HAYES I've got a lot of dreams I want to achieve, and I hope someone can cheer me on as I'll cheer...
HUNTER HAYES I made spasmodic efforts to work, assuring myself that once I began working I would forget her. The ...
ALFRED HAYES Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and ...
SEAN HAYES Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrific...
ROBIN HAYES Robert Duvall saw me playing at a restaurant in Louisiana and invited me to be an extra in his movie...
HUNTER HAYES I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there.
WOODY HAYES A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drumm...
HUNTER HAYES If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would...
ROBIN HAYES And I'm OK being judged as an actor.
SEAN HAYES Poems are not read: they are reread. Reread the poem, then read between the lines, then look at it, ...
TERRANCE HAYES The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
WOODY HAYES I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have i...
SEAN HAYES It felt like a legacy speech.
BILLY HAYES The disaster has been brought to us and we have to respond,
BILLY HAYES We want to make it so the people of Cherokee County don't have to drive south to get their health ca...
BILLY HAYES The larger picture--what people see on television is a reactive response. The city of Riverdale is t...
BILLY HAYES People don't understand the level of commitment it takes to be at his level. During high school (wre...
BILLY HAYES Scheduling teams is increasingly difficult because of our transition to Division I. Losing North Car...
BILL HAYES We continued to strengthen our balance sheet in 2005.
BILL HAYES Henry's going to get the program started for us, and I know he's going to do a good job. The guy's g...
BILL HAYES Brad was the best receiver in the state in his senior year in high school, ... He's a warrior. That'...
BILL HAYES [Todd] said it isn't in their best interest to play us any more. Last year, [former A&T athletics di...
BILL HAYES I remember Charlie making a statement about it last year. But this [series] has been going on for 78...
BILL HAYES He (Miller) played well, but Monte Vista as a team played much better than we did.
BILL HAYES We think it's going to be a very good thing for the community and the market.
BRENT HAYES We're very interested in what we've talked about so far.
BRENT HAYES They all seem to be pretty well satisfied. That was the encouraging thing. We had no idea. They seem...
BRENT HAYES You have to sell your town.
BRENT HAYES We've got hopefully a couple of new businesses that will be in the mall by early spring.
BRENT HAYES For retailers, the bigger your number is, the more attractive your town is.
BRENT HAYES After that (the surrender) we could run on the surface and the stills could make all the water they ...
BOB HAYES The best part about it was that we were rationed on water (during combat); we could only have so muc...
BOB HAYES I'm thrilled, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. I played for the world's greatest professional sports team ...
BOB HAYES There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any...
BOB HAYES After me, everybody started drafting speed. But they used to laugh at a lot of those guys because th...
BOB HAYES Bringing in for-profit private plans to replace EPIC is a surefire way to make poor New Yorkers lose...
BOB HAYES Even though gas prices have been declining since their peak in early September, consumers are still ...
BOB HAYES There should be a straight-forward, comprehensive and affordable Medicare drug benefit. We do not ha...
BOB HAYES We shot ourselves in the foot several times.
BOB HAYES I won gold medals representing this country, but I've gotten more recognition around the world than ...
BOB HAYES When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I g...
HUNTER HAYES I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I...
HUNTER HAYES On a deeper level, I think many stories - especially thrillers - can be a journey to the heart of da...
TERRY HAYES We had a plan going into the game. We were going to try to eliminate Nelson from scoring. We stepped...
CARL HAYES No, I like my role. No one is focusing on me so it's not as hard as the lead role.
CARL HAYES We were a little disappointed that we let them catch up.
CARL HAYES My coach basically said I should step up. Their post players were very small. He told me to get big.
CARL HAYES Willingness to embrace scrutiny from outsiders is a hallmark of well-managed companies. You don't in...
CARL HAYES The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run...
SEAN HAYES There is only one terminal dignity - love.
HELEN HAYES I'm in my dream world.
HUNTER HAYES Nothing that comes easy is worth a dime.
WOODY HAYES When I was 13 or 14, I took seven months off from touring. I did a lot of weekend gigs in Louisiana....
HUNTER HAYES Successful prime-time television of any genre produces some kind of emotional reaction in the viewer...
CHRIS HAYES Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also m...
WOODY HAYES Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the ...
HELEN HAYES My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the know...
HELEN HAYES Age is not important unless you're a cheese.
HELEN HAYES The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundament...
JUDITH HAYES My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowl...
HELEN HAYES NBC programs great shows; it just doesn't have the eyeballs CBS does.
SEAN HAYES They always come up to me and say, 'I want those shoes, can I have yours?'
JOANNA HAYES I love the practicality of a good car. You know what I mean? And when I say 'practicality,' ...
HUNTER HAYES We're asking pharmacists to not only dispense medication, but to be a social worker, computer geek a...
ROBERT HAYES We are pleased to forge this new relationship and welcome Mr. Dong Hong and his team at Shanghai TO-...
MIKE HAYES The overwhelming bewilderment begins with the scores of competing plans that are being offered,
ROBERT HAYES When I was a kid, I went through the whole process of reading great literature and trying to be very...
TERRY HAYES We never found our rhythm offensively. We missed open shots, we missed free throws, and we had too m...
DOUG HAYES It was a win-win situation for me. But we have some unfinished things to do here in Cincinnati.
JONATHAN HAYES I feel like I've contributed monumentally to the success of the gay movement in America, and if ...
SEAN HAYES I just felt that we had to do it this year. All those national championships and all the kids he tou...
WOODY HAYES Paralyze resistance with persistence
WOODY HAYES Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and...
WOODY HAYES indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
WOODY HAYES That was almost an impossible catch.
WOODY HAYES The fact that they feel able to drop it means it has lost its luster. It's much diminished in statur...
SAMUEL HAYES I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
WOODY HAYES When I came out of my mom's womb, I had 'sitcom' stamped on my forehead.
SEAN HAYES If judged only by the results that challenge the laws of probabilities, then the power of prayer is ...
JUDITH HAYES Everyone said it was a soft Slipper but I think Miss Finland will prove them wrong.
DAVID HAYES I think I can speak with a degree of authority... today, the biggest driving force of movies is pace...
TERRY HAYES There are - any independent study, from any scientist that's not funded by Syngenta, has found s...
TYRONE HAYES They are almost backing themselves into a corner and may not have much of a choice.
CHRISTOPHER HAYES The SBA has developed a certification process designed to treat small companies equitably and give t...
RICHARD HAYES They have a receipt showing that on Dec. 11 they called a plumber and had their lines cleared. But b...
TERESA HAYES 'Encore' was an experiment. 'Encore' was the second chance at a first impression. &#...
HUNTER HAYES Why is it that almost every human culture yet discovered has found it necessary to believe in an aft...
JUDITH HAYES Each individual human being has a lot of stuff that nobody knows about. Nobody knows what anybody el...
SEAN HAYES Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest peopl...
HUNTER HAYES I got my start in lefty journalism as a labor reporter at 'In These Times', and it's in ...
CHRIS HAYES We all played on the same Optimist (Baseball) team together, and I think we played on the same baske...
JAMES HAYES