Queens Quotes - Page 24

• The BBC sports department when I was there was seriously to the right of Ghengis Khan and if people think I am strange they should have met some of the production staff I worked with. Margaret Thatcher and the Queen were the pin up girls for many of them.

  David Icke

  Girl, Sports, Thinking

  Interview with Paul Doyle, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2006.

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• I am fascinated by the Royal Family because they are shrouded in mystique, and the Queen, and to a certain extent William, represent fabulous blank canvases. I find the Prince of Wales less fascinating because he spills the beans and we know too much about him.

  Alison Jackson

  Too Much, Fabulous, Royal

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• The queen of aggregation is, of course, Arianna Huffington, who has discovered that if you take celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications, array them on your website and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come.

  Bill Keller

  Celebrity Gossip, Wings, Adorable

  "The NYT versus the Huffington Post: a cat fight over kitten videos" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.

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• I'm into 'The Walking Dead,' 'Shaun of the Dead,' obviously, and I've seen all the Romero movies. I am a classic zombie queen. And I love the White Walkers on 'Game of Thrones.' Weirdly, it wasn't until pretty late in life that I found my entry point into horror films.

  Anna Kendrick

  Games, White, Walking Dead

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• I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip Hop Queen.

  Patti LaBelle

  Song, Years, Hip Hop

  "Patti LaBelle: The People’s Diva". Interview with Damainion Ewell, allhiphop.com. June 1, 2004.

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• Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.

  Adam Lambert

  Excited, Surreal, Shows

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• I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.

  Queen Latifah

  Needs, Just Being, Being Me

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• I feel like every woman is a queen, and we should be treated as such, and we should, you know, sort of request that sort of treatment from others.

  Queen Latifah

  Should, Treatment, Feels

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• There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads.

  Queen Latifah

  People, Today, Forget

  Interview with Alec Cawthorne, www.bbc.co.uk. January 2003.

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• There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I'm not allowed to get a big head; I've still got to do the simple things in life.

  Queen Latifah

  Mom, Dog, Home

  BBC Interview, January 2003.

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• You know, I do speak the Queens English. It's just the wrong Queens that's all. It's over the 59th Street Bridge. It's not over the Atlantic Ocean.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Ocean, Bridges, Speak

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• I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

  Amy Lee

  Mom, Drama, Thinking

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• I hate it when people call me a teen queen.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Hate, People, Call Me

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

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• If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England.

  Christian Louboutin

  Shoes, Special, Would Be

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• You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.

  Imelda Marcos

  British, Knows

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

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• My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.

  Princess Margaret

  Children, Aunt, Royal

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

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• I love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan.

  Bruno Mars

  Beach, Sex, Boys

  "Bruno Mars: The complete Q&A interview". Interview with George Varga, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. June 9, 2011.

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• For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.

  Brian May

  Answers, Alive, Want

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• I don't think I'm ever going to get to the point where people run across a freeway to take a picture of me. I really don't see it getting to that level of hysteria unless I have an affair with the Queen of Sweden or something like that.

  James McAvoy

  Running, Thinking, Hysteria

  "James McAvoy Interview - ATONEMENT". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. December 12, 2007.

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• Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Want, Mets, Knows

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• She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.

  Paul McCartney

  Rocks, Reign, Rock N Roll

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• Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.

  Freddie Mercury

  Years, Names, Sound

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• When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

  Freddie Mercury

  Whole, Originals

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• As a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have my own perfume one day, and be able to inspire young black girls everywhere, to go into Macy's or Nordstrom's and see their face staring back at them - I wouldn't believe them.

  Nicki Minaj

  Girl, Growing Up, Believe

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• I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'

  Helen Mirren

  Awards, Years, Acting

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

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