Houston Quotes

• I went to Moses Malone's golf tournament in Houston, and I've been hooked ever since.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Golf
  • Ever
  • Houston

• When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.

  

  George Foreman
  • Kids
  • Poor
  • Lasts

• When I was with Houston at the end of my career, Bob Gibson walked up to me one day when I was running in the outfield. He asked me why I didn't quit and said what a shame it was that I was ruining a great career and just trying to hang on. Years later, I saw Gibson trying to do the same thing.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Career
  • End
  • Houston

• Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

  

  Buzz Aldrin
  • Here
  • Tranquility
  • Base

• At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.

  

  W. P. Kinsella
  • Time
  • Play
  • Track

• Houston, we have a good deploy. Chandra is ready to open the eyes of X-ray astronomy to the world.

  

  Eileen Collins
  • Astronomy
  • X-Ray
  • Deploy

• Houston had some injuries to veterans and we were able to overwhelm them in the second half.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • Injuries
  • Houston
  • Overwhelm

• Upon stepping foot on the moon, Buzz remarked to Houston, 'Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation.'

  

  Buzz Aldrin
  • Beautiful
  • Moon
  • Desolation

• I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.

  

  Rebecca Ferguson
  • Music
  • Growing
  • Listening

• Los Angeles, Houston, Denver, Atlanta: those are all cities that really didn't get big, didn't hit their stride until the 20th century.

  

  Paul Goldberger
  • Cities
  • Century
  • Denver

• They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there.

  

  Mike Schmidt
  • Giving
  • Statistics
  • Montreal

• I have been influenced by the greatest artists in jazz, pop, reggae, traditional, ballards, pop, and all types of music, taking the best from each to represent my own personality. Whitney Houston, George Michaels, Sade, Phil Collins, and many others have influenced me.

  

  Laura Pausini
  • Artist
  • Personality
  • Traditional

• Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.

  

  Adam Dunn
  • Fans
  • Top
  • Houston

• If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have a team, ... He kept the team in Houston. A lot of people don't understand that.

  

  Craig Biggio
  • Team
  • Understand
  • Him

• Some years ago, I was invited to speak in Houston, Texas. They said I was a founder of 'postmodern theatre'. So I said to my office, 'This is ridiculous for me to go and speak about postmodern theatre when I don't know what it means, but... they're paying me a lot of money, so I'll go.'

  

  Robert Wilson
  • Money
  • Office
  • Postmodern

• I love seeing Houston. Houston has a great style and energy.

  

  Kara Ross
  • Energy
  • Style
  • Houston

• As a little kid, I used to lock myself in my room and put on my Whitney Houston CD's and pretend to be her and try and hit every single note that she hit. I used to dream that one day that would be me.

  

  Ricki-Lee Coulter
  • Dream
  • Would
  • Whitney

• I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

  

  Mireille Enos
  • Houston
  • Settings

• I went down to Houston and I stopped in San 'Antone, I passed up the station for the bus. I was trying to find me something, but I wasn't sure just what... man, I ended up with pockets full of dust.

  

  Ryan Adams
  • Trying
  • Travel
  • Dust

• Houston, we have a problem.

  

  Tom Hanks
  • Problem
  • Houston

• I always feel like there are specific things about Houston. There's one museum in particular in Houston. So many of the things that I'm interested in now I can sort of trace back to that museum, which introduced me to them.

  

  Jarvis Cocker Pulp
  • Interested
  • Museum
  • Houston

• Houston, Discovery, wheels are down. We're all happy to be back again.

  

  Eileen Collins
  • Happy
  • Discovery
  • Houston

• OK, Houston we copy that. We'll be a wave off for today.

  

  Eileen Collins
  • Wave
  • Copy
  • Houston