Mets Quotes - Page 2

• I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello.

  Norm Crosby

  Redneck, Thinking, Las Vegas

  Interview with Elvis Australia, www.elvis.com.au. February 15, 2005.

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• Bill Powell is the only intelligent actor I've ever met

  Carole Lombard

  Intelligent, Actors, Bills

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• I was on the Johnny Carson show, I believe 114 or 104 times. And aside from those times on the air, I never spoke to him. I never met him

  Tony Randall

  Believe, Air, Spokes

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• I met my wife, Doreen, who was a dancer in the show.

  Ernie Wise

  Wife, Dancer, Shows

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art.

  Alan Lomax

  Running, Art, Real

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• Jesse Jackson, when I met him, he had an innocence about him which is still very much a part of him today.

  Jackie Jackson

  Today, Innocence, Stills

  "The Pilgrimage Of Jesse Jackson". "Frontline", www.pbs.org.

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• I've never met anyone that is their image.

  Macy Gray

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• The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.

  Chet Baker

  Play, Jazz, Inspired

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• I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person.

  John Bradshaw

  Aggressive, Fearful, Persons

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• I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I did it because I met Sidney Poitier.

  Richard Widmark

  Character, Play, Racist

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• I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

  Gene Tierney

  New York, Home, People

  Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

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• I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

  Ron Silver

  Respect, People, Actors

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• The Mets are gonna be amazing.

  Casey Stengel

  Baseball

  Quoted in S.F. Examiner, 30 Sept. 1975

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• I met a congressman who claimed that he could introduce me to two people who saw Amelia Earhart.

  Big Jim Sullivan

  Two, People, Saws

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• I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Daughter, Fathers Day, Dad

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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• We have met the enemy and he is us.

  Walt Kelly

  Trust, Peace, Fun

  Poster for Earth Day (1970). Also appeared in the Pogo comic strip for 8 Aug. 1970.

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• I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets?

  Sparky Anderson

  Sports, Believe, Winning

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• The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.

  Casey Stengel

  Sports, Way, Loses

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• When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

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• The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life.

  Ted Demme

  Brother, Two, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I did not want to leave the Mets and I did not want to leave New York.

  Al Leiter

  New York, Want

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• I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.

  Terry Southern

  Albums, Stones, Album Covers

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• All of the Mets' road wins against Los Angeles this year have been at Dodger Stadium.

  Ralph Kiner

  Funny, Stupid, Winning

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• You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.

  Lillie Langtry

  Believe, Population, Towns

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• The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

  Henry Miller

  Love, Real, Enemy

  Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare”, p.274, New Directions Publishing

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