Glee Quotes

• Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, and joined in thy innocent glee.

  Margaret Ann Courtney

  Daughter, Father, Be Kind

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• That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair.

  Jane Lynch

  Women, Teaching, School

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• The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

  Georg Brandes

  Danish, Cheerfulness, Versions

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something different to the label besides the Hank Williams situation.

  Solomon Burke

  Ideas, Soul, Together

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• I had to go see the Glee concert with my daughter - oh my God, shoot me.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Daughter, My Daughter, Concerts

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• When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness.

  Maya Angelou

  Motivational, Responsibility, Light

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 20, 2014

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• There aren't a lot of roles in period movies for black people. It sucks because I love that era. But, I love musicals. I love the show Glee, and I wouldn't mind being on that either.

  Megalyn Echikunwoke

  People, Mind, Black

  "Megalyn Echikunwoke Talks Showtime’s HOUSE OF LIES, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, and NBC Pilot BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 29, 2012.

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• Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.

  Rod Stewart

  Government, Royal, Accepted

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• Being in the limelight with Glee, I've definitely felt pressure to stay fit. But honestly, you have to ignore it.

  Jenna Ushkowitz

  Pressure, Fit, Limelight

  "Jenna Ushkowitz is your Team Seventeen Captain!" by Jenna Ushkowitz, www.seventeen.com. January 3, 2012.

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• Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.

  Ben Stein

  Israel, Years, Rich

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• I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the writing is aware of itself, and that makes it OK to cry.

  David Sedaris

  Writing, Watches, Cry

  "A life in writing: David Sedaris". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2010.

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• Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.

  Ron Paul

  War, Thinking, Assessment

  "The Ron Paul Problem". Interview with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. December 9, 2011.

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• But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.

  Cory Monteith

  Auditions, Managers, Fronts

  "O-M-Glee: Lea Michele and Cory Monteith". Interview with Lauren Waterman, www.teenvogue.com. November 14, 2010.

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• How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen.

  Cory Monteith

  School, Lunch, Musical

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• I'm a big fan of 'Glee.' I think it's really smart. And I think it's well-timed. But you can't not be surprised at the reception this show's received. It's really something else.

  Cory Monteith

  Smart, Thinking, Fans

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• Why Alexia that is quite beautiful. It does ot reflect your customary taste at all approved Miss Hisselpenny with glee. Trust Ivy to like the hideous thing for it's looks.

  Gail Carriger

  Beautiful, Ivy, Missing

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• Dude, maybe not everyone loves 'Glee.' Me included. I watched 10 minutes and it wasn't my thing.

  Dave Grohl

  Minutes

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• I would definitely say that I am a very big movie musical fan in general and I try to see every one that I possibly can - and 'Glee' every week.

  Jennifer Love Hewitt

  Musical, Trying, Fans

  "InDepth InterView: Jennifer Love Hewitt Talks THE CLIENT LIST, New Music Video, JEWTOPIA, Hollywood & More". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. March 16, 2013.

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• In my real life, both my bosses are gay. On the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' Andy Cohen is gay, everybody at Bravo is gay - we call them the gay mafia. Over at 'Glee' and 'The New Normal,' my boss Ryan Murphy is gay. On the show, my boss, played by Andrew Reynolds, is gay in real life. I'm surrounded by all my gay bosses.

  NeNe Leakes

  Real, Gay, Atlanta

  "EXCLUSIVE: NeNe Leakes on 'The New Normal,' Gay Rights and Her 'Glam-Baby'". Interview with Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. September 11, 2012.

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• I'd love to be on 'Glee.' I'd love to play a rebel. Be a real biker chick in leather and covered in tattoos.

  Leona Lewis

  Tattoo, Real, Play

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Glee has made me feel beautiful.

  Lea Michele

  Beautiful, Made, Feels

  "EXCLUSIVE: Lea Michele on Glee, Rachel Berry, and why she thought she’d never make it on TV". Interview with Eleanor Young, www.marieclaire.co.uk. September 30, 2010.

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• But my main thing that I would love to see as a fan of 'Glee,' like I said, is to really get into the character and who they are and what they do outside of school. I think that that's interesting. And then of course the themed stuff and the album episodes are all really cool too.

  Lea Michele

  School, Character, Thinking

  "'Glee' Lea Michele, Chris Colfer interview: 'Barbra Streisand should not be a guest star'". Interview With Catriona Wightman, www.digitalspy.com. September 19, 2011.

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• I remember watching Barbra Streisand and seeing Jennifer Grey in 'Dirty Dancing' - these were people who acted like me and looked like me. Now it's great that everyone on 'Glee' is so unique and people can relate to us and look up to us.

  Lea Michele

  Dirty, Unique, Naughty

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• I don't stop. It's my nature. People have to tell me to slow down. I plan on playing every role on Broadway. I want to do 'Evita.' I want to do 'Sweeney Todd' with Chris Colfer. We want to do 'Wicked.' I'll be Elphaba and he wants to play 'Guy-linda.' I want to do movies, make music. 'Glee' is only the beginning.

  Lea Michele

  Play, People, Guy

  FaceBook post by Lea Michele from Oct 21, 2011

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• To look in the eyes of audiences and see the kind of naughty glee that they got with being on the inside, the audience becomes your co-conspirators.

  Kevin Spacey

  Eye, Naughty, Looks

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