Jane Russell Quotes

#1. I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.

Richard Griffiths

#2. Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands

Bob Hope

#3. On the morning appointed for Admiral Croft and Mrs. Croft's seeing Kellynch-hall, Anne found it most natural to take her almost daily walk to Lady Russell, and keep out of the way till all was over; when she found it most natural to be sorry that she had missed the opportunity of seeing them.

Jane Austen

#4. I like a man who can run faster than I can.

Jane Russell

#5. It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.

Carl Sagan

#6. We'll not be sending anyone into space before it is safe and the vehicle is well and truly tested.

Richard Branson

#7. One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.

Lesley Garrett

#8. Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don't have any.

Jane Russell

#9. If you want to keep a friend, never test him.

John Steinbeck

#10. Every housemaid expects at least once a week as much excitement as would have lasted a Jane Austen heroine throughout a whole novel.

Bertrand Russell

#11. These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist.

Jane Russell

#12. Mayonnaise," Morgan said, "is a lot like men.

Sarah Dessen

#13. The truth is there ain't no relationship in the world that doesn't hit turbulence.

Junot Diaz

#14. My father was a Republican, and he couldn't stand what Franklin Delano Roosevelt was doing to the country. I always say I'm a mean-spirited narrow-minded right-wing, conservative Christian ... I start out with that, and if you don't like it, you can lump it. I am not politically correct.

Jane Russell

#15. I credit chiropractic care for maintaining my health to keep up the pace of my career.

Jane Russell

#16. White Americans have a short memory.

Sherman Alexie

#17. Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen

Nicholas Stern

#18. People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.

Joel McCrea

#19. Mary spoke with animation of their meeting with, or rather missing, Mr Elliot so extraordinarily. "He is a man," said Lady Russell, "whom I have no wish to see. His declining to be on cordial terms with the head of his family, has left a very strong impression in his disfavour with me.

Jane Austen

#20. The 'Instagram Generation' now experiences the present as an anticipated memory.

Daniel Kahneman

#21. No matter how hard you try to move on, sometimes forces beyond your control won't let you.

Alison G. Bailey

#22. I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.

Gia Coppola

#23. A $10 million windfall? At today's prices, I'd feel almost as rich as I did one day in 1936 when I found a dime on the sidewalk and blew the whole wad on 20 Mary Jane candy bars, a box of jujubes, and a double feature.

Russell Baker

#24. One strategy for getting ahead is being incredibly good at a particular skill; you need to be world-class to stand out for that skill. In my case, I layered fairly average skills together until the combination became special.

Scott Adams

#25. It is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct.

Jane Austen

#26. Collaboration is the way to go. It's very timely and fun to do.

Estelle Fanta Swaray

#27. Sometimes I park in handicap spaces while handicapped people make handicapped faces.

Denis Leary

#28. Soon after Marilyn died, I met Bobby Kennedy and he looked at me as if to say: 'I am your enemy'.

Jane Russell

#29. Admiral Croft's manners were not quite of the tone to suit Lady Russell, but they delighted Anne. His goodness of heart and simplicity of character were irresistible.

Jane Austen

#30. I love God, and when you get to know Him, you find He's a Livin' Doll.

Jane Russell

#31. She loved Anne better than she loved her own abilities.

Jane Austen

#32. They held up 'The Outlaw' for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a week for five years.

Jane Russell

#33. My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.

Zig Ziglar