Popeye Quotes

• When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.

  John Goodman

  Real, Kids

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• I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.

  Magnus

  Kids, People, Role Models

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• I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it.

  Paul O'Grady

  Children, Aunt, Tunes

  "Paul O'Grady: 'You could torture me on the rack and I'd still refuse to eat balut'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2011.

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• It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.

  Paul O'Grady

  Normal, Chickens, Walks

  "Celebrity tributes for Paul O'Grady as host says emotional farewell to Channel 4 chat show". www.mirror.co.uk. December 18, 2009.

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• I can't say I ever wanted to become an entertainer. I already was one, sort of-around the house, at school, doing my magic tricks, throwing my voice and doing Popeye impersonations. People thought I was funny; so I kind of took entertaining for granted It was inevitable that I'd start giving little performances.

  Johnny Carson

  School, Voice, People

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• I've had two jobs my whole life. I worked at FedEx for, like, two days, and I worked at Popeye's for a week. I just needed a check. It was a standard thing for people where I'm from. Well, people from there that did what I did for a living, you know what I'm saying? Go get you a quick check when you mess your money up.

  Fetty Wap

  Jobs, Two, People

  Interview with Trevor Noah, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 8, 2016.

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• I make no apologies for Popeye. Behind M*A*S*H, it's my biggest hit. It got maligned by the critics because it wasn't Superman. It wasn't about special effects and it wasn't made for 14-year-old boys. The majority of films are made for 14-year-old boys; I don't know where they get the eight bucks to get in. It's hush money from the parents.

  Robert Altman

  Apology, Boys, Years

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• Popeyes and Taco Bell. I try to be healthy, but they're just so good.

  Kate Spade

  Healthy, Trying, Taco Bell

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Seems there's a big debate going on about whether a new TV commercial for Minute Maid orange juice portrays Popeye and Bluto as gay lovers or just good friends. The commercial shows Popeye and Bluto at the beach and riding a bicycle for two. I don't think that makes them gay. I think the fact they both find Olive Oyl attractive, that makes them gay.

  Jay Leno

  Beach, Good Friend, Gay

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

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• I did Popeye and Ronald Reagan and everybody was saying things like "yeah he's a cute little kid" but I started, little by little, telling stories about people I'd met and expanded my voices.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Cute, Kids, Voice

  Source: goseetalk.com

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• A lot of American companies are now moving into Iraq. Iraq now has Pizza Hut, Subway, Taco Bell and Popeye's fried chicken. So, great, instead of oil for food, we're giving them oil in food.

  Jay Leno

  Moving, Oil, Iraq

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• I always think of "Popeye" and "Barney Google" as quintessential comic strips in that old rollicky, slapstick way we've sort of lost.

  Bill Watterson

  Thinking, Google, Way

  Source: www.mixedmartialarts.com

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• I never had any desire to get a tattoo. If I was ever going to get one, I would get a plain anchor with a rope around it, the most unimaginative possible tattoo, like Popeye had.

  John Waters

  Tattoo, Anchors, Desire

  Source: blog.sfgate.com

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• The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.

  Gary Player

  Strong, Golf, Hands

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• I've never even been into those supplements or any of that. I don't even drink energy shakes. I'm not into that kind of stuff. You just get me an In-N-Out burger and some Popeye's fried chicken and I'm straight.

  Paul Pierce

  Stuff, Energy, Burgers

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• Everybody's talking about ministers, sinisters, banisters, and canisters, bishops, fishops, rabbis, and popeyes, bye-bye, bye-byes.

  John Lennon

  Religious, Talking, Bye

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• Kale is my best friend. I eat kale salad. I put kale in my smoothies, kale in my soup. Kale, kale, kale! I feel like Popeye. I love it. I definitely need variety or I get super bored, so I have to mix it up with different sauces and tahini or whatever.

  Alanis Morissette

  Kale, Bored, My Best Friend

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• The things that you did with parents, whether it was spending every Sunday morning with your dad and eating French toast and watching Popeye, or decorating the Christmas tree with our mother - these are memories that help you be happy.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Mother, Morning, Memories

  "New Again: Leonardo Dicaprio". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2012.

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