Roy Eldridge Quotes

#1. All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.

Ludwig Von Mises

#2. And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy.

Todd Barry

#3. A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.

Henry Ford

#4. I resolved to play my trumpet like a sax.

Roy Eldridge

#5. I could never go into politics, because I'm far too impatient and I'd want to be a dictator, albeit a benevolent one ... I would hope.

Joanna Lumley

#6. I don't need to do all the trash talking. I try to do it with my fists, my knees, and my feet.

Robbie Lawler

#7. All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo.

Robert Vaughn

#8. I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It's the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds.

David S.Goyer

#9. The phrase *You complete me* is nonsensical. A couple is a *we* ... not a complete *me.*

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#10. I do not think he [Reagan] put names and faces together but for a small group of people. There were a few, perhaps half a dozen reporters, that Reagan recognized, including my colleague Lou Cannon, and some from television and the wire services. The rest of us were faces.

David E. Hoffman

#11. Trust your soul.
It alone knows what you are here to do in this lifetime and what will actually make you happy.

Catherine Carrigan

#12. People say 'Why do you make pots?' Because I'm compelled to - life isn't right without it.

David Roberts

#13. I was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story.

Roy Eldridge

#14. I thought I had everything until I found you.

Turcois Ominek

#15. I didn't know the right names for anything at first, but I knew what knocked me out. Changes ... man I dug.

Roy Eldridge

#16. You are required to participate in your destiny. Arise and take advantage of all your opportunities. You are Victorious By Design.

Ann Marie Bryan

#17. I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he's jiving baby.

Roy Eldridge