Howard Ashman Quotes

#1. I wish Howard Ashman was still alive so I could just meet him and tell him his words are magic. It's so fun to say. He has such great alliteration and paints the most vivid images with his lyrics

Tituss Burgess

#2. I was doing a Broadway musical called 'Smile' with Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch in 1984/5 when it abruptly closed. Howard was in the middle of pre-production for 'The Little Mermaid,' so he kindly invited all the girls in our cast to audition for the film.

Jodi Benson

#3. What brought me to Disney was the new regime, which is now the old regime, came over with Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and all these people really wanted to reinvigorate the animated musical, so they came to Howard Ashman and me. That was my entry into Disney.

Alan Menken

#4. The Republicans can send the nation into turmoil, but we will not come to any agreement that does not include new revenue - and not just token new revenue. It is their choice.

Patty Murray

#5. Is any blogger out there saying anything - do they deserve First Amendment protection? These are the issues of our times.

Lindsey Graham

#6. I wanted to work with people from the world, with different minds and different visions.

Juliette Binoche

#7. You have a voice in your head that keeps saying things...haven't you noticed.

Sam Harris

#8. I was innocent but certain, now I'm wiser but unsure.

Howard Ashman

#9. We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.

Vivienne Westwood

#10. The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that it's the first time that perhaps the most important art form in American culture has a place to really exhibit itself and dedicated to its own particular conditions of performance.

Rafael Vinoly

#11. Mattia thought that he and Alice were like that, twin primes, alone and lost, close but not close enough to really touch each other.

Paolo Giordano

#12. The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.

Leonard Ravenhill

#13. If religion might be judged of according to men's intentions, there would scarcely be any idolatry in the world.

Joseph Hall

#14. We got a lot of politicians that will kiss babies, cut ribbons, do whatever it takes to be popular. That's not why I ran for office. I ran for office to make the generational changes in Louisiana.

Bobby Jindal

#15. America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world. There is absolutely no reason we should not have in this country the best health care in the world.

Bill Frist

#16. Without good personal brands, whatever you do may not be accepted and patronized; without any brand at all, you may do something great which will not be known.

Israelmore Ayivor