Las Vegas Quotes - Page 5

• Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone.

  Esther Williams

  Business, Vegas, Use

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• I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues.

  Mike Tyson

  Vegas, Mike, My Time

  "'I ain't the same person I was'". www.espn.com. June 28, 2004.

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• The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in the can in case Butterfly was a success and we needed a follow-up.

  Pia Zadora

  Success, Butterfly, Vegas

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• I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit.

  Louie Anderson

  Boys, Vegas, Quitting

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• I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

  Tony Curtis

  Vegas, Spontaneity

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• I had a great time doing Vegas. It's just that it takes a lot of time.

  John Elway

  Vegas, Had A Great Time, Great Times

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• I started a big part of my career in Vegas.

  Louie Anderson

  Vegas, Careers, Bigs

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• Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time.

  Artie Lange

  Sad, Mean, Vegas

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• I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Vegas, Trying, Band

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• I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas.

  Louie Anderson

  Heart, Vegas, Spots

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• Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.

  Drew Carey

  Vegas, America, Want

  "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie & Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November 1, 1997.

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• I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

  Adam Sandler

  Vegas, Pockets

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• Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.

  Johnny Vegas

  Enough, Baldness, Bigs

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• If an original piece of wardrobe came up from Star Wars, I'd probably spend a lot of money on it.

  Johnny Vegas

  Stars, War, Pieces

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• It is easy for me to love myself, but for ladies to do it is another question altogether.

  Johnny Vegas

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• Las Vegas is Everymans cut-rate Babylon. Not far away there is, or was, a roadside lunch counter and over it a sign proclaiming in three words that a Roman emperors orgy is now a democratic institution. 'Topless Pizza Lunch'.

  Alistair Cooke

  Food, Cutting, Lunch

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• Oh, here's your tax dollars at work. This is what makes people furious. The head of the GSA, a woman named Martha Johnson, has resigned after they found out she spent over $830,000 on a four-day government conference in Las Vegas. And the president is furious. Not President Obama, the president of China. It's his money. It's his money she spent.

  Jay Leno

  Vegas, Government, People

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• Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops.

  Eli Roth

  Cities, Vegas, Hours

  "Eli Roth on haunted hotel Goretorium in Las Vegas, working with RZA". Interview with Solvej Schou, ew.com. August 23, 2012.

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• Capitalism is a warrior culture, a hierarchical mode, and Las Vegas is its epitome.

  Hal Rothman

  Warrior, Vegas, Culture

  Hal Rothman, Virgil Hancock (2003). “Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-first Century”, p.322, Psychology Press

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• When one of Lisa's baby teeth fell out here, the tooth fairy left her 50 cents. Another tooth fell out when she was with her father in Las Vegas, and that tooth fairy left her $5. When I told Elvis that 50 cents would be more in line, he laughed. He knew I was not criticizing him; how would Elvis Presley know the going rate for a tooth?

  Priscilla Presley

  Baby, Father, Vegas

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• No one thinks Las Vegas is real; it is illusion, but visitors willingly suspend disbelief and pretend.

  Hal Rothman

  Real, Thinking, Vegas

  Hal Rothman (2015). “Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century”, p.12, Routledge

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• This desert town was man's own miracle of pure purposelessness.

  Jane Rule

  Men, Miracle, Desert

  Jane Rule (2013). “Desert of the Heart: A Novel”, p.223, Open Road Media

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• I worry about Las Vegas schools. I hear in math, they only teach them to count to 21.

  Rita Rudner

  School, Math, Vegas

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• A young woman with long hair and a short white halter dress walks through the casino at the Riviera in Las Vegas at one in the morning. It was precisely this moment that made Play It As It Lays begin to tell itself to me.

  Joan Didion

  Morning, Vegas, Gambling

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• I pride myself on never using a cuss word on stage. Ever. I headline in Las Vegas every year, and this summer I am performing on an Alaskan cruise. Not too many comedians can pull that off. Funny thing is, my show doesn't change for Vegas.

  Henry Cho

  Summer, Pride, Vegas

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