Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) Quotes
I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.
Quotes to Explore
-
Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
-
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
-
I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
-
One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
-
All the terrorists are basically migrants.
-
I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
-
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
-
It's a very good historical book about history.
-
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
-
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
-
I have never had personal debt and never will.
-
I'm a genuine person - I will never promote something I don't believe in.
-
It takes people a while to trust you.
-
It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
-
Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
-
I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
-
Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family.
-
People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
-
If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.
-
Occasionally, I share advice, but most of my advice is based on my personal experience.
-
We need to encourage members of this next generation to become all that they can become, not try to force them to become what we want them to become. . . . You and I can't even begin to dream the dreams this next generation is going to dream, or answer the questions that will be put to them.
-
I have no business carrying myself like some diva.
-
The Congress has understood that under modern conditions government has a continuing responsibility to meet continuing problems, and that Government cannot take a holiday of a year, a month, or even a day just because a few people are tired or frightened by the inescapable pace of this modern world in which we live.
-
I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.
