Top 100 Frankie's Quotes
#1. It's not the scar and it's abso-freakin-lutely not you."
I dropped my hand. "Yeah, right." I sagged against him a little. For being as little as he is, Frankie's really solid. "It's never me."
I felt his sigh against my shoulder blades.
Melissa Jensen
#2. Frankie's chief virtue in my book is the way he talks about his kids.
Andre Agassi
#3. Music is in the connection of human souls, speaking a language that needs no words. Everyone joins a band in this life. And what you play always affects someone. Sometimes, it affects the world. Frankie's
Mitch Albom
#5. Mat - Red and Jayne's Matt, Frankie's Matt, my Matt - died of a broken heart.
Sarah Ockler
#6. slammed my door shut, a bit edgy. "Frankie's my friendly ghost, the one who tunes me in to the other side," I said, going out on a limb. The words hung between us, making me uncomfortable.
Angie Fox
#7. The confusing lesson whipped Frankie's anger into something she had never felt before. It was like an emotional meringue - the airy feeling of loneliness topped with the hard crisp of injustice. Yet its taste was far from sweet.
Lisi Harrison
#8. I guess we were kinda poor when we were kids, but we didn't know it. That's because my dad always refused to let us look at the family's financial records.
Frankie Boyle
#9. I wanna do movies that in ten years time people will respect me for, as an actor. So if I do take two years off or three years off, the next movie I have that comes out you want people to go 'ooh, that's Frankie Muniz's new movie, it's gonna be a good movie cause he's in it.'
Frankie Muniz
#10. There is a force that conspires against you. It's called capitalism. It's closing your libraries so you can focus on your conspiracy shit.
Frankie Boyle
#11. It's always very special for me to work Chicago. Both of the record companies I was with, early on, were based in Chicago. The music was always huge there.
Frankie Valli
#12. It's always great to have a family member who knows exactly what you're going through in every way, shape, and form, and I'm blessed to have that in my sister.
Frankie J. Grande
#13. Gerard's spirit animal is a gazelle - that's how he's always answered - Frankie would definitely be a wolverine, I would be a shark because of my inability to sit still, and Ray? Ray would be ... I'm thinking super intelligent, super articulate, I would think owl.
Mikey Way
#14. I have to believe that most people know that 'Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You' is my song. But the reaction we get from the audience at 'Jersey Boys' is that they didn't remember how many hits we had. A lot of 'Oh yeah, I forgot they did that song.' We had 20 Top 10 hits in the U.S ... people forget.
Frankie Valli
#15. There are two people that probably influenced me more than anybody out of all the artists out here: that's Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
Frankie Knuckles
#16. It's a beautiful dream, love. But some dreams just cost too much.
Frankie Rose
#17. When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing.
Frankie Knuckles
#18. Do you think George Bush actually knows who Gordon Brown is? He probably just thinks Tony Blair's put on weight and had a mild stroke.
Frankie Boyle
#19. When people nowadays say that Elvis was the first white guy to sound black, I have to shake my head; what can you do? At the time of 'That's My Desire' 1947 they were saying that I was the only white guy around who sounded black.
Frankie Laine
#20. I'm not interested in fame and glory. It's just that I would like others to know what a happy dance this is.
Frankie Manning
#21. I'm going to strip my way through plumber's school. What do you think of the stage name Fine-Ass Frankie?
Rebecca Murphy
#22. Victoria Beckham looks like she has a dump once every four years. That's probably how David knows that there's a World Cup coming up.
Frankie Boyle
#23. Julieanne Smolinksi has a history in rock journalism and she's a huge rock 'n' roll fan, and she was a huge fan of Ava (Elaine Hendrix) and Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies) and of the actresses. I was really lucky to get her, in between seasons on Grace and Frankie.
Denis Leary
#24. Come on, there's no one there. You want coffee?" Tess asked.
"Yeah, sure, why not? I'm only on the brink of a nervous breakdown. I don't imagine why caffeine wouldn't help this situation.
Frankie Rose
#25. Does anyone actually think that Beckham knows he's in America? I think he just follows a football and all he notices is that it occasionally gets warmer.
Frankie Boyle
#26. When you're auditioning for commercials, they're looking for a Latin guy in his 20s, and you'll show up, and it's a bunch of people who look just like you, and it's a little weird. More often than not, they're way better-looking. They're taller. They have way more abs than you do.
Frankie J. Alvarez
#27. If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.
Frank Lampard
#28. If I did something to hurt Frankie and she said that I was never getting near her heart again, I'd spent the rest of my life trying anyway. That's the difference between you and me, Tom. I'd go back to the moment it all fell apart and I'd start there.
Melina Marchetta
#29. I'm trying to do what Frank O'Hara did and remind myself there there's a lot of good stuff. I write about New York for my own mental health.
Frankie Cosmos
#30. The average life expectancy rate in some parts of Glasgow is 54. If you've ever been there, you'll realize that that's maybe a bit long.
Frankie Boyle
#31. You asked what I plan to try? Everything. Every goddamn thing, Frankie - until you tell me to stop. Until you look me in the eyes and tell me there's no point in continuing.
Penelope Ward
#32. My dad is one of the funniest people I know. He's the sort of man who can make you laugh just by reading out of a telephone directory ... He's a spastic.
Frankie Boyle
#33. I used to tell myself when I was much younger that I didn't want to wake up one day and be 32 years old and still playing records. It's just not going to happen. Well, the joke is on me, because I'm 56 years old now.
Frankie Knuckles
#34. That's because those pages got torn to shreds when you left, now you both are in different chapters. He wants you - like always, and you want the hot guy down the street. Typical Frankie and Brody style. You guys dance one wild tango, if you ask me.
A.M. Willard
#35. You put a lot of yourself into a character, so even though he's not you, in a sense it is you.
Frankie J. Alvarez
#36. What's that sound? Oh, nothing. Just my heart exploding into a million pieces.
Shivaun Plozza
#37. Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine.
Frankie Muniz
#39. I wound up signing to RCA Victor as a trumpeter, guesting on shows like Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners.
Frankie Avalon
#40. Like Martin Luther King Jr., Frankie dreamed of living in a nation where people would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. The sonner she realized that dream, the sooner she could get started on Katy Perry's and live the teenage one.
Lisi Harrison
#44. Scientists have just built the world's biggest supercollider, and they're doing experiments to see what makes up protons. I hope that if the experiment's successful, the whole of our reality will dissolve, and a big sign will up come that says: Level Two.
Frankie Boyle
#45. The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked in the stockroom. That's when I learned that I couldn't work for anyone else, because I was spoken to in a way that I wasn't spoken to at home.
Frankie Knuckles
#46. They're always going, don't deal with terrorists. Let's deal with them. What's Allah offering you boys, 100 virgins? We'll give you 50 slags.
Frankie Boyle
#47. Some kids are always getting into trouble or doing stuff, and I stay away from those types. I know I am no better than anyone else in this world. I'm just an actor, that's nothing special. But I'm not into anything bad. Just blackjack.
Frankie Muniz
#48. Frankie runs a sex moon and has kids. My head hurts just thinking about it. You still keep up with her, too, then?"
Ryelle's face took on a hunted expression. "She sends me coupons, Declan.
Michelle O'Leary
#49. There's nothing tough about playing Third. All a guy needs is a strong arm and a strong chest.
Frankie Frisch
#50. It's not like I want to be friends with you now, Frankie. Don't even talk to me, I seriously can't deal with you.
I'm just writing to say I underestimated you. I significantly underestimated you. I don't actually think it is possible to overestimate you. Although you are not a nice person.
E. Lockhart
#51. I can't point to my work and say, 'This is my work.' My work lives in me, so when people criticize my work, they're also criticizing me. It's really hard to sort of divorce that sensitivity.
Frankie J. Alvarez
#52. Then Frankie said: 'Here's a thought. How many roads must a man walk down?
Douglas Adams
#53. One day, when I was still living at home, a friend told 'Texas' Jean Valli about me. She was originally from Syracuse, N.Y., and lived in New Jersey but sang country. One night, she had me come up on stage where she was performing. I sang 'My Mother's Eyes,' and she was knocked out.
Frankie Valli
#54. One of my first jobs was doing children's theater. I did it to get my union card.
Frankie J. Alvarez
#55. Molly. I have an opportunity for you."
"An opportunity?" I repeated, without enthusiasm. Oh, good. Next comes the part where he tells me to be a "team player" and then dumps some tedious task on me.
"It's a chance for you to show that you can be a team player," Bill Vogel said.
Frankie Bow
#56. People who think there's no good way to die have obviously never heard the phrase 'Drug-fuelled-sex-heart-attack'.
Frankie Boyle
#57. I say, Billy, what's the use in playing croquet when you're doomed?
He says, Frankie, what's the use of not playing croquet when you're doomed?
Frank McCourt
#58. It's breathtaking, really. You're so powerful. Graceful. I have to struggle not to touch you. All I want to do is reach out and run my hand through your hair.
Frankie Rose
#59. Oh God, Frankie, I breathe in rhythm with that man. You think that's not my flesh and blood after all these years?
Melina Marchetta
#60. I do belong to Jersey. There's no doubt about that in my mind. They have been so loyal and so good to me; how could I possibly belong any place else?
Frankie Valli
#61. It's good they're holding the Olympics in the East End of London. Means the athletes will have to use extra skill to work out which gunshot is the starting pistol.
Frankie Boyle
#62. I turn around and start walking, careful to keep my head down so no one sees the moment when the huge smile I was fighting finally breaks free. It takes every ounce of self-control not to look back and see if he's watching.
Kami Garcia
#63. Don't," I whispered, curling my fingers tight around his. "Don't. It's over. Over for everybody. Just let it be over, Manny. Yeah?" He held my gaze as his hand squeezed mine hard before he said, "Yeah, Frankie." I gave him another smile. He gave me one and let me go.
Kristen Ashley
#64. The first song I wrote, in fifth grade, was totally ripped from Jeffrey Lewis. My aunt's boyfriend gave me bass lessons, and I played drums for a year in sixth grade. Around seventh grade, I got a guitar and forgot everything else.
Frankie Cosmos
#65. Grease is the word, is the word that you heard, It's got groove, its got feeling ...
Frankie Valli
#66. There's something really interesting in the way you shy away from virtuous touch," he said.
"I don't mind the virtue part. It's you I mind.
Frankie Rose
#67. I learned to trust women's ears when it comes to hearing music a lot more than other men.
Frankie Knuckles
#68. There are fears that Britain could be facing a double-dip recession, or worse still, a double-dip with misery sprinkles and fuck-where's-my-job-sauce.
Frankie Boyle
#69. Oh, there's not much to tell. I served in the Ninth Iowa Infantry. That's where I met Frankie...Frank. I mean, Mr. Greerson. We were discharged almost a year go, July of last year, and stayed with my mother over the winter. And then we came here. That's about it.
Dean Frech
#70. Becoming successful is a relentless pursuit. It's good that it's that way: When it does come, you learn to know how to appreciate it, and know how lucky you are to be doing something that you love so much.
Frankie Valli
#71. Frankie Perino and I were lucky that day. Lucky to be alive-that's what everyone said.
Sarah Ockler
#72. I've never seen a Lindy Hopper who wasn't smiling. It's a happy dance. It makes you feel good.
Frankie Manning
#73. People such as Blur's Alex James make too much of a fuss about champagne, just because it pops and it's fizzy and golden. Big deal. Rice Krispies do exactly the same
Frankie Poullain
#74. It's funny - Frankie Valli's story and that advice that he was just getting from, you know, Christopher Walken's character, is very true for someone who's in a creative field.
John Lloyd Young
#75. I gave my girlfriend something she didn't expect for Valentine's day ... Chlamydia.
Frankie Boyle
#76. It's always exciting to get together with fellow artists to support a good cause.
Frankie J. Grande
#77. 'Jersey Boys' has been the most amazing experience ever and has exposed an entire new audience to the music. It's great to see people of all ages coming to the show.
Frankie Valli
#78. When I heard Cristiano Ronaldo was pictured holding a manbag, I was surprised it was a gucci bag and not another guy's sack.
Frankie Boyle
#79. I love to do films of all shapes and sizes and feelings and genres. So for me to go from Tomb Raider straight into Dear Frankie, there's nothing that excites me more than to keep mixing it up.
Gerard Butler
#80. There are some people I've met and it's stressful just speaking to them, because they're really pretentious and I don't know how to talk to them without being pretentious back.
Frankie Cosmos
#81. Why is it that it's okay to call a white person "mate" yet it's not okay to call a black guy "primate"?
Frankie Boyle
#82. I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let's make it the orthodontist.
Frankie Muniz
#83. When we were trying to get 'Jersey Boys' off the ground, I'd get, 'The Four Seasons? Who's going to care? There's the Beatles, there's the Rolling Stones.' But people know those stories. Here was a story no one knew.
Frankie Valli
#84. It's sad when you see most of your friends in the business gone, like Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howard, Eric Morecambe, Roy Castle, Les Dawson. They were very dear to me. You no longer have the chance to bump into them at a celebrity do.
Bruce Forsyth
#85. Barack Obama will appeal to both black and white voters in America. White voters who'll think he's Tiger Woods.
Frankie Boyle
#86. The very first time I ever heard anything of mine on the radio, I was in New Jersey, and I was in my teens. I did my first record, which was an old standard called 'My Mother's Eyes.' It was the old Georgie Jessel theme. I heard it on local radio out of Newark. And it was very exciting!
Frankie Valli
#87. Let's go inside. I always find walking inside buildings has this bizarre effect on me. I immediately forget uncomfortable situations, like when tiny midget women straddle my best friend's boyfriend and face-rape him.
Frankie Rose
#88. I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge. There's always a new street I can go to, or a billion new people who I haven't met that I could write about. New York is very humbling.
Frankie Cosmos
#89. She doesn't even seem to have a clue that she holds an understated beauty that makes every man in this airport give her a once-over. Damn, I want to get her out of here so no one else can look at my woman. My cock twitches as I think about what I'm going to give her so she knows she's mine.
Frankie Love
#90. It was Frankie Lymon all over again," Marvin said. "Only this kid had mastered James Brown's moves. Michael was like Stevie. From the very beginning, he worried me.
David Ritz
#91. I feel my breath catch in my chest as I breathe out. I have no idea how to describe this feeling inside me, but it's a long way from 'Ick'. It's about as far away from 'Ick' as I can get.
Frankie Rose
#92. Making choices for the feelings they bring us & not what others think means we can find fulfilment and achievement from fulfilling our goals.
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#93. Lochsong - she's like Linford Christie ... without the lunchbox.
Frankie Dettori
#94. Stephen Hawking: Brainier than Kurt Cobain's garage wall.
Frankie Boyle
#95. I think all women should be able to make it on their own," Frankie said. "It's not about needing a man
or not - it just means she knows she can do whatever she sets out to do.
Lindsay Smith
#96. If Harry Potter's so magical, why cant he cure his own eyesight and get laid. A teenage lad shouldnt need a broomstick to cling onto.
Frankie Boyle
#97. I think it's my memory of this period that makes me fantasise about living in the country. In reality I know there would be no shops and I would kill myself.
Frankie Boyle
#98. In the 1950s, when I was hanging around Sullivan's Gym and the Gramercy Gym, there were fixed fights. Mob guys like Frankie Carbo and Blinky Palermo had taken over the sport; one lightweight champion loaned his title to others at least twice; the welterweight division was a slag heap.
Pete Hamill
#99. Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray's Inn in South Jersey. People started asking Rocco to have me sing.
Frankie Avalon
#100. I think women's ears are a lot more sensitive. Men are going to follow whatever appeals to women.
Frankie Knuckles
