I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. Muhammad Ali American Athlete More Muhammad Ali Quotes 3
My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden. Mose Allison American Musician More Mose Allison Quotes 0
Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in. Michael Chabon American Author More Michael Chabon Quotes 0
Despite the painful changes we have had to make, we continue to believe in the St. Louis market. And we are hoping to add flights, in a careful way, as the economics of our business improve and the demands of the traveling public in St. Louis become clear. Gerard Arpey American Businessman More Gerard Arpey Quotes 0
One of our most difficult realizations was that - in the course of two years - a connecting hub in St. Louis had gone from something we thought we needed to something we could no longer afford. Gerard Arpey American Businessman More Gerard Arpey Quotes 0
We continued the hard work of integrating TWA, because at that time we still thought an efficient connecting hub in St. Louis could be a profitable addition to our network. Gerard Arpey American Businessman More Gerard Arpey Quotes 0
Man, I love coming home. St. Louis is actually hard to capture. Chingy American Musician More Chingy Quotes 0
Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all. Jane Birkin English Actress More Jane Birkin Quotes 0
And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration. Sidney Blumenthal American Journalist More Sidney Blumenthal Quotes 0
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne. Napoleon Bonaparte French General More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes 0
Louis Armstrong, who learned to be in exquisite dress, came from the bottom, and he's not a trash can. Stanley Crouch American Critic More Stanley Crouch Quotes 0
It bothers me that I won't live to see the end of the century, because, when I was young, in St. Louis, I remember saying to Marilyn, my sister by adoption, that that was how long I wanted to live: seventy years. Harold Brodkey American Author More Harold Brodkey Quotes 0
My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few. Terry Brooks American Writer More Terry Brooks Quotes 0
And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet. Jackson Browne American Musician More Jackson Browne Quotes 0
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics. Ken Burns American Director More Ken Burns Quotes 0
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. Benjamin Disraeli British Statesman More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes 0
We discussed buying a defender. The view was the priority at that time given the way we were playing was that we needed support up front and that is why we bought Louis Saha. David Gill Scottish Scientist More David Gill Quotes 0
Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third. Bud Abbott American Actor More Bud Abbott Quotes 0
I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era. Larry Holmes American Athlete More Larry Holmes Quotes 0
In St. Louis, some people were hurt seriously when some fans got on top of a roof that was where other fans were underneath it, at a park somewhere, and it collapsed. Phil Lesh American Musician More Phil Lesh Quotes 0
I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong. Philip Levine American Poet More Philip Levine Quotes 0
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. Abbey Lincoln American Musician More Abbey Lincoln Quotes 0
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind. Bob Ney American Politician More Bob Ney Quotes 0
In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known. Kenneth Noland American Artist More Kenneth Noland Quotes 0