Night Quotes

"Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did"

David Soul, Actor

"The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage"

Lorna Luft, Actress

"My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis"

Emeril Lagasse, Celebrity

"She had the kids during the day and I would have them at night. That way they were never alone. I would put the kids to bed, and then I had nothing to do and nobody to talk to, so I would write"

Clive Cussler, Writer

"I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes"

Compay Segundo, Musician

"It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play a German opera singer, in German, which I never have so I am really excited about that"

Diane Kruger, Model

"The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him"

Jimmy Breslin, Entertainer

"Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?"

David Letterman, Comedian

"The fate of the singers who, like my songs, went up in flame was also the fate of the books which I later wrote. All of them went up in flame to Heaven in a fire which broke out one night at my home in Bad Homburg as I lay ill in a hospital"

Shmuel Y. Agnon

"I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed"

David Talbot, Journalist

"My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's"

Shelley Berman, Comedian

"My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night"

John Philpot Curran, Public Servant

"Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting"

Robert Carlyle, Director

"I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears"

Randy Bachman, Musician

"Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable"

Randy Bachman, Musician

"Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night"

Philip K. Dick, Writer

"We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it"

Glenn Tipton, Musician

"I think if you ask any of us here, we all dreamed of ending up on Saturday Night Live. I remember thinking, 'I'll just keep doing this as long as I can get away with it.'"

Tina Fey, Comedian

"The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme"

John Buford, Soldier

"I met someone the other night who's 28 years old, and he hasn't worked a day since he left college because he's pursuing a dream he'll never, ever realize: He thinks he's a great singer. Actually, he's crap"

Simon Cowell, Entertainer

"Do we care about these people that are HIV-positive whose lives have been ruined? Those are the people I'm the most concerned about. Every night I think about this"

Kary Mullis, Scientist

"I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're playing all this stuff I love. It's great"

Benmont Tench, Musician

"We then went through the audition process and picked a guy named Richard Campbell and he is no secret to L.A. players as he was with Natalie Cole for years and Three Dog Night"

Gerry Beckley, Musician

"The inventory goes down the elevator every night"

Fairfax Cone, Businessman

"When the audience is awful you can still have a great night and people will walk out thinking they had a great time even though there was loads of loudmouths and the sound was terrible"

Leo Kottke, Musician

"I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office"

John Boehner, Politician

"The audience changes every night. You're the same person. You have to speak your mind and do the stuff that you think is funny and makes you laugh"

Joe Rogan, Comedian

"We sat down and read it for the first time and I thanked God under my breath, because they were all so good. And my leading ladies are both exceptional. I mean, everybody in the play. I could just go on all night about them"

Gavin MacLeod, Actor

"Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges"

Ernie Pyle, Journalist

"It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire"

Ernie Pyle, Journalist

"If it weren't for The Groundlings, I would never be on Saturday Night Live"

Chris Kattan, Comedian

"I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night"

Harold H. Greene, Judge

"What I love about how my career has gone up to this point is that I've always, always put my head down on my pillow at night, and I've been able to say that I've done, honestly, what I've felt like I wanted to do. And that's really all you can hope for in everything you do"

Debbie Gibson, Musician

"Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend"

David Trimble, Politician

"Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till to delight Thou hast paid thy utmost blessing"

Austin Dobson, Celebrity

"I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?"

Anne Tyler, Novelist

"I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night"

Fisher Stevens, Actor

"We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit"

Morley Safer, Journalist

"Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes"

Mike Gordon, Musician

"And TV is not the easiest place to be dangerous or on the edge. Especially on a Saturday night"

Fisher Stevens, Actor

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