Spike Milligan Quotes

I can't stand being late. I try to be professional. I try not to let people down. But people let me down. That's why I don't rely on anyone to call me. That's why I have clocks as well as people. I have to be able to call myself; it's the only way to be sure.

Spike Milligan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: April 16, 1918 - February 27, 2002

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Seeing the rebirth of the Delaware Estuary as a valuable natural resource is certainly encouraging, and I am encouraged not just by the progress made in the Delaware Estuary but in estuaries throughout the country.

Jim Gerlach

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A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives.

Robert Emmet

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I get antsy if a year goes by without doing a play. I don't go to the gym, so this is my way of trying to live longer.

Rory Kinnear

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As for radio and movies, I like the movies better, although the work is much harder. The cinema has microphone technique, staging, and glamour all wrapped up into one.

Rudy Vallee

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You never know how much time you have left.

Martin Scorsese

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I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

Lou Reed

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Fashion blogs are great, but I also take inspiration from movies, nature, everyday objects.

Lisa Hanawalt

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Some of the best lessons that I've ever learned are on a ball field - basketball, football, baseball, golf. And I learned great lessons from my coaches - being on time, being mentally tough, having some discipline, and being part of a team.

Jon Gruden

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I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.

Don Henley

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Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.

Bob Filner

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I know my father believed and my mother believed in and supported the suffrage movement, and I remember my mother taking me to suffrage meetings held in the home of a Quaker family that lived not far from us.

Alice Paul

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Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they were pandering to the audience and trying to manipulate the audience. I had no use for practically any of the shows that were hits.

Richard Foreman

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