Merv Griffin Quotes

Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse.

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• I only listen to Lil Wayne.

  

  Young Thug
  • Listen
  • Only
  • Wayne

• I love Vegas. It's like going to Disneyland.

  

  Vanessa Marcil
  • Love
  • Like
  • Vegas

• I was at our beautiful home in Martha's Vineyard, near Boston, sitting on the porch looking at the ocean when I got a phone called and was asked, 'Would I like to do 'CSI'?' A week later, I'm at a coroner's office in Las Vegas, participating in a quadruple autopsy.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Home
  • Beautiful
  • Ocean

• KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Kiss
  • Entertainment
  • Vegas

• The good news for us is the NHL has never been stronger, never been more popular, and that, I guess, has led to a lot of interest being expressed from a number of places, an interest in getting an expansion team, and Las Vegas happens to be one of those places.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Good
  • Team
  • Popular

• I have a nice car, a Mercedes. And then I have an old El Camino truck that I'm crazy about. I like to get in that truck and go up in the hills near where I live, in Vegas, and take my camera. That, to me, is Heaven, being out in nature, taking pictures of the wildlife.

  

  B. B. King
  • Up
  • Live
  • Nature

• I've discovered the burger is a crazy thing in Vegas, but I was one of the early chefs to do a lot of burgers.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Crazy
  • Vegas
  • Burger

• Israel is not Vegas, and it will not be.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Will
  • Israel
  • Vegas

• Disneyland is a show.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Show
  • Disneyland

• Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Up
  • Done
  • Together

• I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • First
  • Names
  • Vegas

• Las Vegas has the type of audience - and they haven't changed since my father's days - they're still boring and bored. And there's only that handful of artists that they really enjoy and know how to respond to.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Father
  • Know
  • Enjoy

• I love coming to Las Vegas. I've always loved it and always had a good time.

  

  Ian Ziering
  • Time
  • Good
  • Always

• Disneyland is like a piece of clay: If there is something I don't like, I'm not stuck with it. I can reshape and revamp.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Disneyland
  • Revamp

• The reason you should go to Las Vegas is because, for only the second time, the second time, ever, they have rebuilt Sodom and Gomorrah. It's back!! And you have the opportunity to see it before it turns to salt. And you wanna get out there before the Christian Right finds out what we're up to and shits all over it.

  

  Lewis Black
  • Up
  • Time
  • Opportunity

• George Klein says that Elvis had five real friends outside of his circle, and I was blessed to be one of them. I spent a lot of time with Elvis in Vegas and at Graceland.

  

  Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
  • Time
  • Real
  • Friends

• Second City Las Vegas is very different from Second City in Chicago on the main stage, where they do improv sets. That's how they kind of hone material, kind of work up to new material.

  

  Kay Cannon
  • Up
  • Work
  • Different

• I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one.

  

  David LaChapelle
  • Vegas

• As my wife says, I'll never fully retire, but it'll start to slow down. I'll continue to do the local gigs or go to Las Vegas. But I won't be going out to Ohio to play an Indian casino anymore. Those will probably go by the wayside.

  

  Bill Engvall
  • Wife
  • Vegas

• I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

  

  Adam Sandler
  • Money
  • Vegas
  • Pockets

• I really feel like sometimes I'll write these songs, and I'll just think, 'You know that couldn't have come from me alone.' I believe that God inspires us. I believe that He gives us gifts and talents, and it's up to us to develop them and choose what we do with them.

  

  Lindsey Stirling
  • Up
  • God
  • Believe

• I was given a White House - well, you will have to ask the White House that. But I asked to attend the White House briefing because I was, you know, because I wanted to report on the activities there.

  

  Jeff Gannon
  • House

• For me, acting in scenes with other people is like playing soccer with a bunch of legless five year olds. It's not really fair to them, but what else can I do, you know?

  

  Zach Braff
  • People
  • Soccer

• Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse.

  

  Merv Griffin
  • Vegas
  • Disneyland
  • Wayne