Sonny Bono Quotes

#1. I remember when we did our first read-through, Sonny [Bono] looks at the script and he goes, 'Okay, I'll see you guys later. Chai-ay-oh!' And I said, 'It's ciao! Aren't you Italian? C-i-a-o doesn't spell chai-ay-oh.' [Laughs.] Sonny's dead, so he won't be embarrassed if I tell that story.

Teri Garr

#2. Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At worst Asian music sounds as if a truck full of wind chimes collided
with a stack of empty oil drums during a birdcall contest.

P. J. O'Rourke

#3. We found that when we accepted our children's feelings they were more able to accept the limits we set for them.

Adele Faber

#4. People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner.

Sonny Bono

#5. I was reminded as I was reviewing my life, that I have been in too many conflicts, too many wars, political battles, military battles, civil strifes in government. And always one lesson stands out and that is, those whom you fight most passionately often turn out to be your best friends.

Ferdinand Marcos

#6. I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

Sonny Bono

#7. Put your ego aside and play as a team.

Sonny Bono

#8. I am not in the least forbidden. You may sample me all you choose.

Lora Leigh

#9. You've got to give someone like Cher a lot of credit. She's worked very hard to get where she is. I can't take that away from her.

Sonny Bono

#10. Oh my dear! No matter where you are, I will be with you either in person or in my heart.

Debasish Mridha

#11. I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.

Sonny Bono

#12. You are making an inopportune rejection of what Nature has given you today, if all your mind is set on what men will say of you tomorrow.

Marcus Aurelius

#13. If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.

Sonny Bono

#14. Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.

Sonny Bono

#15. It was scary when the Beatles came on the scene. It was like an earthquake or a fire or an accident.

Sonny Bono

#16. We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.

Sonny Bono

#17. With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

Sonny Bono

#18. What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.

Sonny Bono

#19. And the beat goes on...

Sonny Bono

#20. We must get rid of the IRS. It's a bureaucracy fraught with totalitarianism.

Sonny Bono

#21. It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward.

Nancy Astor

#22. We'll have all the same players ... We'll be missing one, actually.

Sonny Bono

#23. I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

Sonny Bono

#24. I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

Sonny Bono

#25. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

Brene Brown

#26. Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

Sonny Bono

#27. People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.

Sonny Bono