
“In America sex is an obsession; in other parts of the world it is a fact.” — Marlene Dietrich
“In America sex is an obsession; in other parts of the world it is a fact.” — Marlene Dietrich
“I remember Tallulah [Bankhead] telling of going into a public ladies’ room and discovering there was no toilet tissue. She looked underneath the booth and said to the lady in the next stall, ‘I beg your pardon, do you happen to have any toilet tissue in there?’ The lady said no. So Tallulah said, ‘Well, then, dahling, do you have two fives for a ten?'” — Ethel Merman
“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I just beat people up.” — Muhammad Ali
“How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese?” — Charles de Gaulle
“Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” — Astronomer Fred Hoyle
“It’s not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters.” — Vanna White
Controversial remarks attributed to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh:
Overheard during an extended tour of HMS Boxer: “Not another fucking chamber.”
“No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.” — Mikhail Baryshnikov
“An ugly baby is a very nasty object, and the prettiest is frightful when undressed.” — Queen Victoria
“Working with Julie Andrews is like being hit over the head with a valentine card.” — Christopher Plummer