The band was working 70 one-nighters in a row all through the south, doing 700 miles a night, with these guys that had been out there 30 years. I used to watch the old guys. I really respected their wisdom.Quote by Quincy Jones about night, wisdom, old, olderness
We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street until we were ten years old.Quote by Quincy Jones about tragedy, old, olderness, life
We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.Quote by Quincy Jones about time
We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.Quote by Quincy Jones about magic, depression, heart
When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.Quote by Quincy Jones about mother, old, olderness, things
While I was in Boston, sure enough this lady, Janet Thurlow, who was in the Lionel Hampton band, kept reminding them of me, and they called me one day and I was so happy.Quote by Quincy Jones about happiness, day
I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.Quote by Victoria Abril about sun
I didn't want to go to places that have been written about so many times by people so much more qualified than I, like James Jones and Norman Mailer who lived through it. I was always searching for my own theater of war.Quote by Michael Chabon about searching, war, people
Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.Quote by Colin Firth about flattering, literary critic
I'll do Bridget Jones 2 if it's a good script. I won't be doing the Colin Firth bit though - they'll probably drop that.Quote by Colin Firth about good, good luck
Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.Quote by Tommy Lee Jones about work
I stay young and fit by leading an athletic life and I have always been insured.Quote by Tommy Lee Jones about life
If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.Quote by Tommy Lee Jones about patriotism, americans, common sense, nothing, things
Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.Quote by Grace Jones about consequences
Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.Quote by Grace Jones about art, magic, real estate, people
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.Quote by Grace Jones
I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.Quote by Brad Paisley about depression, dark