Wilson Quotes - Page 2

• Three cheers for Sheriff Wilson. - Bucky Dideron

  Annette Curtis Klause

  Cheer, Three, Sheriffs

  Annette Curtis Klause (1999). “Blood and Chocolate”, Laurel Leaf

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• To Ronald Wilson Regan, The Fortieth President of The United States: The Man Who Won The War.

  Tom Clancy

  War, Men, President

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• Not since Cassandra Wilson's Blue Light Til Dawn has a vocalist cast such an entrancing spell as Valerie Joyce does on New York Blue.

  Bill Milkowski

  New York, Light, Blue

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• One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes.

  Hugh Laurie

  Vanity, Laughing, House

  FaceBook post by Hugh Laurie from Apr 06, 2012

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• I know a little about Hack (Wilson) because his picture is next to my locker. I am lucky to be there at the right time. People will now remember two guys, Hack Wilson and myself, and the season is not over yet.

  Sammy Sosa

  Two, People, Guy

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• One of my earliest memories is seeing the bright blue, Epic 45 of Jackie Wilson singing 'Higher and Higher,' and I'd say, 'That one!' and my parents would play it every Sunday afternoon and we'd all get up and leap around the house.

  Bronagh Gallagher

  Memories, Sunday, Epic

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• In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Country, Artist, Female

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• They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Failure, President, Blunders

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• I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

  Bobby Darin

  Thinking, Comedian, Flip

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• I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

  Joan Collins

  Light, Pairs, Costumes

  "It was a show-stopping photo - Joan Collins still every inch the glamourpuss. But, she says, it ain't easy to look agelessly fab". www.dailymail.co.uk. December 11, 2013.

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• I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.

  Jose Carreras

  Numbers, Juniors, Toss

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• I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson.

  Drew Carey

  People, Albums, Bills

  "Drew Carey remembers when The Tonight Show really meant something". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 17, 2012.

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• I suppose maybe [Wilson] would be a better person if he were able to censor himself, but then he wouldn't be as interesting.

  Woody Harrelson

  Interesting, Would Be, Able

  Source: collider.com

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• Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in.

  Pete Carroll

  Preparation, Mindset, Stem

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• My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.

  Eddie Murphy

  Real, Men, Sound

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• Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.

  Mark Twain

  Doe, Inattention, Silent

  Mark Twain (2015). “The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson”, p.171, Library of Alexandria

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• I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.

  Flip Wilson

  Thinking, Way, Comedy

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• You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson.

  Vince Vaughn

  Guy

  "Actor Vince Vaughn Enters the 'No Spin Zone' to Discuss His New Christmas Movie". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. November 8, 2007.

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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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• The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.

  Matthew Sweet

  Birthday, Summer, Party

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• Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.

  Jonathan Raban

  White, House, President

  "'He tried his best to veil it, but Obama is an intellectual'" by Jonathan Raban, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.

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• He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even a President moves free of human entanglement, human needs, human illusions; not even a President can be independent of those around him.

  Tom Wicker

  Moving, Independent, President

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• James [Wilson] has a great future ahead of him. Everyone can see he has a great left foot, it's incredible the way he can finish. His touch is good and he is quick as well; he has everything to succeed.

  Juan Mata

  Feet, Way, Succeed

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• The historical Woodrow Wilson suffered from numerous complaints which we might today label as psychosomatic. Yet, Wilson did have a stroke as a relatively young man of 39 and seemed always to be ill. He was 'high-strung' - intensely neurotic - yet a charismatic personality nonetheless.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Men, Personality, Historical

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• As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated by the presidency of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton University.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  War, Princeton University, Eras

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