Billy Joel Quotes
We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
-
The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
-
My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
-
Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.
-
When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
-
I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
-
What I've noticed is not only in the military, but in the first responders community, that when you reach out your hand to help one of them, they almost always grab your hand with only one of theirs, because they're using their other hand to reach behind them and pull up somebody else with them.
-
To make a couple putts to win the Masters is just an amazing feeling.
-
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
-
There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director shows you his imagination on a film, then I get to show you my imagination in a big dumb character.
-
Enjoy every sandwich.
-
I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
-
Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable fear, their bodies shaking and their eyes wide as saucers, as they are slung by their legs into crates that are slammed onto the back of a truck.
-
It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.
-
Music is a language.
-
I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
-
Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.
-
If I could do what Hilary Mantel does, I would probably do that. She is more intelligent and a better researcher and knows more what she's about than I do.
-
Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.
-
To be in love involves the most irresistible conviction that one will go on being in love until one dies, and that possession of the beloved will confer, not merely frequent ecstasies, but settled, fruitful, deep-rooted, lifelong happiness.
-
I walked over to Drake and stomped on his foot. Hard. "What will I give you to help me? What will I give you?" He stood on one leg rubbing his foot, grinning a grin so steamy, it almost melted my underwear. "I never doubted you would defeat her. You are my mate. You could do no less." I pointed a finger at him. "You are too arrogant for your own good. I officially de-mate you. Go away. I never want to see you again. Except maybe tonight. Naked. Your place. But after that, no more.
-
If I go to Hollywood, I will have to start all over again – which is fine and makes me humble.
-
There was no doubt in anyone's mind we had the personnel to do it.
-
We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it.
