Artie Shaw Quotes

That's the clarinet I used to use... but it's just a piece of wood, you know, with holes in it and they put these clumsy keys on it and you're supposed to try to take that and manipulate it with throat muscles and chops... and try to make something happen that never happened before. And when you do, you never forget it. It beats sex, it beats anything...

Artie Shaw

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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

Karl Marx
- Great
- History
- Progress
I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.

Omari Hardwick
- Kids
- Want
- Sex
Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.

Barbara Cartland
- Men
- Women
- Sex
I practice safe sex - I use an airbag.

Garry Shandling
- Practice
- Sex
- Safe
There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

Samuel Johnson
- Up
- Power
- Age
I'm always surprised when actors say they don't like sex scenes. It's like a freebie. It's fun to make out with someone. So yes, thumbs up on that.

Mackenzie Davis
- Up
- Fun
- Always