Brian Quotes

• Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got the kind of grades I did. I failed everything. I was too busy fighting and running wild.

  Dennis Wilson

  Running, Baby, Fighting

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• My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me.

  Dennis Wilson

  Mom, Play, Guy

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• Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material.

  John Deacon

  Writing, Majority, Materials

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• I would love to be like a Brian McKnight. Shoot, I'd love to be Brian McKnight.

  Justin Guarini

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• It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know.

  Pete Townshend

  Ordinary Days, Died, Knows

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• I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson's birthday party.

  Matthew Sweet

  Birthday, Party, Dykes

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• With a record of 75 fights and 6 losses, some of the losses were very questionable including Brian Nielsen when we fought in Denmark. I knew I won but they didn't give me that fight.

  Larry Holmes

  Fighting, Loss, Giving

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• As soon as something like Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian' appears with a Muhammad figure as the main lead, directed by an Arabic Theo van Gogh, the controversial late Dutch filmmaker, we will have taken an enormous step forward.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Roles, Steps, Muhammad

  "The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam". Book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 2004.

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• Listen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers.

  Avi Arad

  People, Aviation, Comic

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. February 10, 2004.

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• I would have to agree, that I'm probably more intense than Brian or Kurt, competitive because, I was always like this, always being that way, always real competitive.

  Elvis Stojko

  Real, Way, Intense

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• And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.

  Elvis Stojko

  Sports, Gone, Olympics

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• Always looked up to Brian and his skating, I loved his skating and what he had done for the sport. And the triple axel, that was the thing, and I wanted a triple axel.

  Elvis Stojko

  Sports, Squash, Skating

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• NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

  Leonard Maltin

  Nbc, Anchors, Comic

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• I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.

  Estelle Parsons

  Stuff, Stoke, Ifs

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• I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Hilarious, Witty

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• My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste.

  Mark Lawrenson

  Thinking, Decision, Feelings

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• People never understood that there was Brian and The Boz. They were two completely different people.

  Brian Bosworth

  Two, People, Different

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• I have the libido of a 15-year-old boy. My sex drive is so high. I'd rather have sex with Brian all the time than leave the house. He doesn't mind.

  Megan Fox

  Sex, Boys, Years

  "Megan Fox's boy's libido". www.cosmopolitan.com. June 4, 2008.

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• Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.

  John Deacon

  Math, Sides, Students

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• I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies.

  Lawrence Kasdan

  Carrie

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• When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Football, Country, Play

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• Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to The Smithsonian. Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.

  Bob Dylan

  Jesus, Track, Records

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• I continued a legacy of great skating from this country and I was able to capitalize on the reputation of the Canadian skaters that came before me. I especially mean Brian Orser.

  Kurt Browning

  Country, Mean, Skating

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• Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.

  Jon Brion

  Ideas, Position, Edges

  Interview with David Wolinsky, www.avclub.com. January 23, 2008.

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• I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.

  Garik Israelian

  Careers, Doubt, May

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