Iconic Quotes

• There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon.

  Paris Hilton

  Princess, Thinking, Icons

  "Paris Hilton Does Her Best Marilyn Monroe Impression: Let's Discuss" by Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. August 12, 2010.

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• One of my favorite quotes ever was from Slash from Guns and Roses and he said 'to be truly iconic, you need to be able to recognized in a silhouette'

  Matthew Healy

  Gun, Rose, Needs

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

  Winston Groom

  Life, Motivational, Movie

  "Fictional character: Forrest Gump". "Forrest Gump", www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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• May the Force be with you.

  George Lucas

  Movie, Film History, Psychics

  Star Wars (motion picture) (1977)

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• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic buildings for their major public buildings.

  Frank Gehry

  Thinking, Culture, World

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• The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Movie, Fighting, 80s And 90s

  "Fight Club". www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

  Peter Sellers

  Inspirational, Funny, Movie

  "Fictional character: President Merkin Muffley". "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", www.imdb.com. 1964.

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• I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

  Thomas Harris

  Movie, Nice, Great Year

  "The Silence of the Lambs". www.imdb.com. 1991.

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• A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Movie, Nice, Great Year

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• I wish I knew how to quit you, Tumblr.

  John Green

  Movie, Romantic, Real Love

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• I wish I knew how to quit you.

  Annie Proulx

  Movie, Romantic, Real Love

  Annie Proulx (2005). “Brokeback Mountain”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• I feel the need... the need for speed.

  Tom Cruise

  Movie, Gun, Great Year

  FaceBook post by Tom Cruise from Jan 24, 2013

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• You can't handle the truth!

  Jack Nicholson

  Movie, Memorable, Great Year

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• When something is iconic, if you're very careful and delicate, you can add onto that iconography. It can expand. People have attached so much to it themselves, and connected to it, so the risks are big, but the potential is enormous, at the same time.

  Hugh Dancy

  People, Risk, Iconography

  Source: collider.com

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• Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman whose impact on technology was felt beyond Silicon Valley. He will be remembered for the innovation he brought to market and the inspiration he brought to the world.

  Meg Whitman

  Change, Jobs, Inspiration

  FaceBook post by Meg Whitman from Oct 06, 2011

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• If ever you've been down in the dumps, hear these iconic authors share with you more than their writing wisdom.

  Mark Twain

  Writing, Share, Dump

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• Reality also is that there are a lot of gaps, there are a lot of business in between the iconic things.

  Adam Shankman

  Reality, Gaps

  Source: collider.com

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• Men are losing power in their daily lives, but manliness is still iconic of power. This creates incredible turbulence around masculinity and incredible confusion around gender norms that's only going to accelerate.

  Stephen Marche

  Men, Confusion, Losing

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people - not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene.

  Dierks Bentley

  Voice, People, Important

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• We're at risk of losing this iconic species for all time. Once it's stripped of its natural instincts, it's no longer a tiger. But there's a lot of species like that. The more intriguing thing, throughout Asia, a lot of these countries are selling off their jungle-and-forest rights for oil and for paper-and-pulp companies.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Country, Rights, Oil

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• John Carlos provided the world with one of the most iconic images of the 1960s with his Black Power salute after a medal-winning performance at the 1968 summer games.

  Tavis Smiley

  Summer, Winning, Games

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, One False Move, Bad Santa even. I mean Bad Santa is a comedy, and it's a very dark comedy, and it's become like iconic, you know.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Moving, Mean, Dark

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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