Arsenio Hall Quotes

My name is Arsenio. That's a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy.

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• I played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this spare time and this energy. And certainly I wasn't ready to pack up my bags and go sit in front of the television with a shawl on.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Like
  • Often
  • Wizard

• I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Work
  • Money
  • Think

• The first step... shall be to lose the way.

  

  Galway Kinnell
  • Lose
  • Step
  • First Step

• Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Music
  • Only
  • Got

• The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • World
  • Control
  • Mistake

• I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Done
  • Many
  • Liked

• What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.

  

  Jack Davenport
  • You
  • Like
  • Look

• With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Always
  • Afraid
  • Exceptions

• It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • People
  • Want
  • Easy

• The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

  

  Harold Prince
  • Art
  • Always
  • Theatre

• As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.

  

  Frances Conroy
  • Family
  • Age
  • Heritage

• You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.

  

  Questlove
  • Know
  • Working
  • Greatest

• I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Music
  • Long
  • Friend

• People are incredible creatures of habit.

  

  Sam Altman
  • People
  • Habit
  • Creatures

• On the fourth day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two.

  

  Daniel Boone
  • Man
  • Party
  • Day

• When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.

  

  Ian Hart
  • You
  • Conflict
  • Teachers

• I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Art
  • Home
  • Energy

• Oh there are lots of doctors and medical professionals out there who buy my devices at whole sale price.

  

  Alex Chiu

• When I do videos, it's just myself.

  

  Kian Lawley

• If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part.

  

  John Eaton
  • Music
  • Important
  • Greek

• The force of the idea was such that I drew the car to the side of the road and stopped and, for some reason, laughed. It was a loud laugh, unsteady, and sounded, even to my own ears, slightly maniacal. Thinking back now, I realise it was less a laugh than the birth-cry of my dark and twin brother Benjamin Black.

  

  John Banville
  • Thinking
  • Black
  • Dark

• If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption.

  

  Henry Hampton
  • America
  • Black
  • Race

• My name is Arsenio. That's a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy.

  

  Arsenio Hall
  • Black
  • Unique
  • Greek